Olav Egeland

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Olav Egeland is a leading figure in robotics and control systems, with a career spanning over three decades of pioneering work in industrial and marine robotics. His research centers on inverse kinematics, redundant manipulators, and force/position control, with significant contributions to both theoretical foundations and practical applications. Egeland’s most cited work, a 1994 review of damped least-squares inverse kinematics (299 citations), provided experimental validation on an ABB IRb2000 robot, establishing a benchmark for handling kinematic singularities. He also developed innovative controllers for task-space tracking with redundant manipulators (150 citations) and parallel force/position crane control for marine operations (66 citations), addressing critical challenges in offshore load handling. His work on nonholonomic underwater vehicles (58 citations) and flexible robotic manipulators using dual screws (27 citations) demonstrates a deep engagement with complex dynamics. Notable achievements include advancing conformal geometric algebra for analytic inverse kinematics (35 citations) and integrating CNNs for vision-based quality assessment in fish processing (20 citations). With over 800 total citations, Egeland’s research continues to influence industrial automation, marine robotics, and geometric control methods, making him a key reference for students and engineers seeking robust, real-world robotic solutions.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Review of the damped least-squares inverse kinematics with experiments on an industrial robot manipulator

   299 citations · 1994
2. 2
   Task-space tracking with redundant manipulators

   150 citations · 1987
3. 3
   Parallel Force/Position Crane Control in Marine Operations

   66 citations · 2006
4. 4
   Feedback Control of a Nonholonomic Underwater Vehicle With a Constant Desired Configuration

   58 citations · 1996
5. 5
   Inverse Kinematics for Industrial Robots using Conformal Geometric Algebra

   35 citations · 2016
6. 6
   Kinematics and Dynamics of Flexible Robotic Manipulators Using Dual Screws

   27 citations · 2020
7. 7
   Coarse Alignment for Model Fitting of Point Clouds Using a Curvature-Based Descriptor

   25 citations · 2018
8. 8
   Cartesian control of a hydraulic redundant manipulator

   25 citations · 2005
9. 9
   Infinite dimensional observer for a flexible robot arm with a tip load

   22 citations · 2008
10. 10
    Vision System for Quality Assessment of Robotic Cleaning of Fish Processing Plants Using CNN

    20 citations · 2019

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