• Maneuvering Control of Planar Snake Robots Using Virtual Holonomic Constraints 

      Mohammadi, Alireza; Rezapour, Ehsan; Maggiore, Manfredi; Pettersen, Kristin Ytterstad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      This paper investigates the problem of maneuvering control for planar snake robots. The control objective is to make the center of mass of the snake robot converge to a desired path and traverse the path with a desired ...
    • Maneuvering with safety guarantees using control barrier functions 

      Marley, Mathias; Skjetne, Roger; Basso, Erlend Andreas; Teel, Andrew R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Control barrier functions (CBFs) ensure safety of controlled dynamical systems, by restricting the control inputs to render desired sets forward invariant. In this paper we propose a dynamic guidance scheme for autonomous ...
    • Manhole Detection and Traversal for Exploration of Ballast Water Tanks using Micro Aerial Vehicles 

      Dharmadhikari, Mihir; de Petris, Paolo; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Kulkarni, Mihir; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Alexis, Konstantinos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This paper presents a method for the autonomous exploration of multiple compartments of a Ballast Water Tank inside a vessel using Micro Aerial Vehicles. Navigation across the compartments of ballast tanks often requires ...
    • Manually or Autonomously Operated Drones: Impact on Sensor Data towards Machine Learning 

      Spahic, Rialda; Lundteigen, Mary Ann (Chapter, 2022)
      The growing need for autonomous systems in offshore industries has contributed to the increased use of machine learning methods. These systems promise to improve safety in operations. However, the methods as enablers of ...
    • Mapping a maze with a camera using a Raspberry Pi 

      Bjørnsen, Kristian (Master thesis, 2017)
      This master thesis features the implementation of a complete image processing, mapping and communication system on a Raspberry Pi for the characterization and mapping of a maze from the air. The system was implemented in ...
    • Mapping and Navigation for collaborating mobile Robots. 

      Thon, Eirik (Master thesis, 2016)
      Two modules of a software system for exploration and mapping using mobile robots have been created. The first module has the task of generating a map from the measurements of the robot, and the second module uses the map ...
    • Marine Vessel and Power Plant System Simulator 

      Bø, Torstein Ingebrigtsen; Dahl, Andreas Reason; Johansen, Tor Arne; Mathiesen, Eirik; Rejani Miyazaki, Michel; Pedersen, Eilif; Skjetne, Roger; Sørensen, Asgeir Johan; Thorat, Laxminarayan; Yum, Kevin K. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Modern marine electric propulsion vessels have many systems. These interactions and integration aspects are essential when studying a system and subsystem behavior. This is especially important when considering fault ...
    • Maritime multi-target tracking with radar and asynchronous transponder measurements 

      Hem, Audun Gullikstad (Master thesis, 2021)
      Denne avhandlingen presenterer en ny metode for å bruke en type målinger med unike IDer, sendt ut av omkringliggense fartøy, i en radar-basert målfølgingsalgoritme. Det tiltenkte bruksområdet er i maritim målfølging, og ...
    • Maritime object detection using infrared cameras 

      Hølland, Eskil Hatling (Master thesis, 2019)
      Autonom transport blir stadig mer tilgjengelig, både landbasert, luftbasert og til havs. Urbane vannveier er på den andre siden underutnyttet i dagens byer. Den vanlige måten å krysse en kanal er enten via bro eller en ...
    • Maritime Target Tracking with Varying Sensor Performance 

      Wilthil, Erik F. (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:259, Doctoral thesis, 2019)
      Several research and industrial projects have been started in recent years to drive the development of autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs). This thesis is one of the contributions to this emerging field, and the topic is ...
    • Maritime Tracking with Georeferenced Multi-Camera Fusion 

      Helgesen, Øystein Kaarstad; Stahl, Annette; Brekke, Edmund Førland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Cameras form an essential part of any autonomous surface vehicle’s sensor package, both for COLREGs compliance to detect light signals and for identifying and tracking other vessels. Due to limited fields of view compared ...
    • Marsupial Walking-and-Flying Robotic Deployment for Collaborative Exploration of Unknown Environments 

      De Petris, Paolo; Khattak, Shehryar; Dharmadhikari, Mihir; Waibel, Gabriel; Nguyen, Dinh Huan; Montenegro, Markus; Khedekar, Nikhil Vijay; Alexis, Konstantinos; Hutter, Marco (Chapter, 2022)
      This work contributes a marsupial robotic system-of-systems involving a legged and an aerial robot capable of collaborative mapping and exploration path planning that exploits the heterogeneous properties of the two systems ...
    • Martian Lava Tube Exploration Using Jumping Legged Robots: A Concept Study 

      Olsen, Jørgen Anker; Alexis, Konstantinos (Chapter, 2023)
      In recent years, robotic exploration has become increasingly important in planetary exploration. One area of particular interest for exploration is Martian lava tubes, which have several distinct features of interest. ...
    • Maskinlæringsbasert grensesnitt for styring av håndprotese med myoelektrisk multimodal enhet 

      Sangolt, Helga Glesnes (Master thesis, 2022)
      Et maskinlæringsbasert grensesnitt for håndproteser med en myoelektrisk multimodal enhet, bestående av samlokaliserte elektroder og kraftsensorer, implementeres for å estimere motorisk intensjon. En ytelsesvurdering av det ...
    • Maskinsyn-basert inspeksjon av notintegritet i havbruksanlegg 

      Sletta, Morten Sølvberg (Master thesis, 2013)
      Når man ser etter skader på notstrukturene i oppdrettsanlegg brukes det enten dykkere eller man kan se på videostrømmen fra et kamera montert på en ROV. Man har ikke villet brukt videostrømmen fra en ROV for å lage et ...
    • Maskinsyn-basert referansesystem for automatisk traversering av oppdrettsnot 

      Olsen, Morten Engelhardt (Master thesis, 2013)
      I løpet av denne masteroppgaven skal muligheten for å bruke maskinsyn til navigasjon, posisjonering og orientering for undervannsfarkoster undersøkes.Bruk av maskinsyn har lenge vært problematisk, både med tanke kvaliteten ...
    • Master Kontrollsekvens: Ormen Lange 

      Vik, Frode Haugland (Master thesis, 2007)
      Gjennom denne oppgaven vil leseren gjøres kjent med Ormen Lange landanlegg for produksjon av gass. I oppgaven presenteres bakgrunnsinformasjon for alle store hovedsystemer som inngår i forbindelse med oppstart av ...
    • Master-slave synchronization control of mechanically coupled Robot Manipulators 

      Aune, Rune Tevasvold (Master thesis, 2007)
      Different synchronization schemes are considered for controlling a mechanically coupled multi-robot system on a robotized platform. The schemes are briefly presented and compared, before the feasibility of the popular ...
    • Mathematical modelling of anaerobic exercise and its effect on blood glucose level in people with diabetes type 1 

      Holt, Markus (Master thesis, 2022)
      Diabetes mellitus Type 1 (T1D) er en sykdom som forårsaker autoimmun ødeleggelse av betacellene i bukspyttkjertelen, noe som gjør at pasienten ikke selv kan produsere insulin, og dermed regulere blodsukkernivået. Eksogen ...
    • Mathematical programming formulations for piecewise polynomial functions 

      Grimstad, Bjarne Andre; Knudsen, Brage Rugstad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This paper studies mathematical programming formulations for solving optimization problems with piecewise polynomial (PWP) constraints. We elaborate on suitable polynomial bases as a means of efficiently representing PWPs ...