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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Norway
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
59
Citations
13167
World Ranking
1755
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Kristin Y. Pettersen is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their academic work primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on Control and Systems Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Pettersen's research encompasses multiple topics including Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, Robotic Path Planning Algorithms, Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems, Soft Robotics and Applications, Robot Manipulation and Learning, and Control and Dynamics of Mobile Robots.

Frequent publication venues for Pettersen include:

  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors such as:

  • Jan Tommy Gravdahl
  • Magnus Egerstedt
  • Sophie Tarbouriech
  • Rodolphe Sepulchre
  • Maria Elena Valcher

Recent papers by Pettersen and collaborators showcase a diverse interest in robotics and autonomous systems. Notable works include:

  • Path Planning for UGVs Based on Traversability Hybrid A*, 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Autonomous ROV Inspections of Aquaculture Net Pens Using DVL, 2021, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
  • Comparison of two second-order sliding mode control algorithms for an articulated intervention AUV: Theory and experimental results, 2021, Ocean Engineering
  • Tracking Control of an Articulated Intervention Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in 6DOF Using Generalized Super-twisting: Theory and Experiments, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • Reactive collision avoidance for ASVs based on control barrier functions, 2020, 2020 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)

Best Publications

  • Line-of-Sight Path Following for Dubins Paths With Adaptive Sideslip Compensation of Drift Forces

    Thor I. Fossen;Kristin Y. Pettersen;Roberto Galeazzi

  • Tracking control of an underactuated ship

    E. Lefeber;K.Y. Pettersen;H. Nijmeijer

  • Integral LOS control for path following of underactuated marine surface vessels in the presence of constant ocean currents

    E. Borhaug;A. Pavlov;K.Y. Pettersen

  • Integral Line-of-Sight Guidance and Control of Underactuated Marine Vehicles: Theory, Simulations, and Experiments

    Walter Caharija;Kristin Y. Pettersen;Marco Bibuli;Pedro Calado

  • Underactuated ship tracking control: Theory and experiments

    KY Pettersen;H Henk Nijmeijer

  • Way-point tracking control of ships

    K.Y. Pettersen;E. Lefeber

  • On uniform semiglobal exponential stability (USGES) of proportional line-of-sight guidance laws

    Thor I. Fossen;Kristin Y. Pettersen

  • A review on modelling, implementation, and control of snake robots

    P. Liljebäck;K. Y. Pettersen;Ø. Stavdahl;J. T. Gravdahl

  • Exponential stabilization of an underactuated surface vessel

    K.Y. Pettersen;O. Egeland

  • Snake Robot Obstacle-Aided Locomotion: Modeling, Simulations, and Experiments

    A.A. Transeth;R.I. Leine;C. Glocker;K.Y. Pettersen

  • Snake Robots: Modelling, Mechatronics, and Control

    Pål Liljebäck;Kristin Y. Pettersen;Øyvind Stavdahl;Jan Tommy Gravdahl

  • Global uniform asymptotic stabilization of an underactuated surface vessel

    F. Mazenc;K. Pettersen;H. Nijmeijer

  • A survey on snake robot modeling and locomotion

    Aksel andreas Transeth;Kristin ytterstad Pettersen;Pål Liljebäck

  • Stabilization of a nonlinear underactuated hovercraft

    I. Fantoni;R. Lozano;F. Mazenc;K. Y. Pettersen

  • Time-varying exponential stabilization of the position and attitude of an underactuated autonomous underwater vehicle

    K.Y. Pettersen;O. Egeland

  • Straight Line Path Following for Formations of Underactuated Marine Surface Vessels

    E Børhaug;A Pavlov;E Panteley;K Y Pettersen

  • Global κ-exponential way-point maneuvering of ships: Theory and experiments

    E. Fredriksen;K. Y. Pettersen

  • Global Practical Stabilization and Tracking for an Underactuated Ship - A Combined Averaging and Backstepping Approach

    Kristin Y. Pettersen;Henk Nijmeijer

  • Underactuated dynamic positioning of a ship-experimental results

    K.Y. Pettersen;T.I. Fossen

  • Trajectory Tracking and Path Following for Underactuated Marine Vehicles

    Claudio Paliotta;Erjen Lefeber;Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen;Jose Pinto

  • Exponential Stabilization of an Underactuated Surface Vessel

    Kristin Y. Pettersen;Olav Egeland

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Tommy Gravdahl
Jan Tommy Gravdahl Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Henk Nijmeijer
Henk Nijmeijer Eindhoven University of Technology
Asgeir J. Sørensen
Asgeir J. Sørensen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Thor I. Fossen
Thor I. Fossen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Houxiang Zhang
Houxiang Zhang Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Olav Egeland
Olav Egeland Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Frédéric Mazenc
Frédéric Mazenc CentraleSupélec
Gianluca Antonelli
Gianluca Antonelli University of Cassino and Southern Lazio
Frank Allgöwer
Frank Allgöwer University of Stuttgart
Ciro Natale
Ciro Natale University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

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