Erlend Andreas Basso

Erlend Andreas Basso is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at NTNU, affiliated with the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. His research focuses on control systems, robotics, and marine engineering, with an emphasis on autonomous systems, guidance algorithms, and safety-critical control strategies.

His work spans topics such as line-of-sight guidance for marine vehicles, adaptive hybrid feedback control, and robust hierarchical tracking for vehicle-manipulator systems. He has contributed to advancements in Kalman filtering for inertial navigation, obstacle avoidance in confined waters, and impedance control for compliant robot interactions.

Basso’s publications reflect a strong focus on theoretical and practical aspects of control theory, including applications to underwater robotics, multirotor systems, and safety-aware navigation. His research often integrates machine learning and experimental validation, as seen in full-scale ship collision avoidance studies.