Cybernetics teacher Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen has actually been granted the BODE reward for her revolutionary research study in undersea robotics. It is just one of one of the most prominent modern technology rewards on the planet.

Scientists have actually been working with serpent robotics for greater than thirty years, however Kristin Y. Pettersen and also her group have actually acquired interest for their versatile undersea robotics that connect biology and also modern technology.

Other researchers have actually concentrated on structure robotics. Pettersen’s group has actually taken a various strategy. “We wanted to explore how we could give our underwater robots greater flexibility and movement,” she claims.

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One end result of their research study is the budding firm Eelume, which Pettersen began in 2015 after functioning very closely with sector for years.

Created mathematical design

“After several trials with prototypes, we realized how challenging it was to control the robot, so we created a mathematical model to solve the problem. That’s our strength,” she claims.

The group’s research study straddles maths and also even more useful applications.

“This is where technical cybernetics has its purpose, and that’s where we like to be,” claims Pettersen.

Now they have actually launched procedures with serpent robotics in much deeper waters.

“In cybernetics, we build models to understand the inherent properties of the robots. What happens if we make them a little bigger, a little smaller or give them more speed? No matter what the robot looks like, whether it’s moving on land or in water, with a mathematical model we can analyze the behavior of all these different robots,” clarifies the cybernetics teacher.

The Nobel Prize for cybernetics

On 12 December, Pettersen was granted the prominent BODE reward. Her associates call it “the closest you can get to the Nobel Prize in cybernetics.”

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“Only candidates with international breakthroughs in the field qualify for this award. It is perhaps the greatest international academic and scientific recognition in the field of Control Engineering,” claims Asgeir J. Sørensen. He is a teacher of aquatic design and also has actually been Pettersen’s coworker and also collective companion for greater than 15 years.

“That this prize also happens to be in an enormously competitive field​​ between major nations is nothing short of fantastic. It puts NTNU on the map internationally,” claims Sørensen, that has a history in cybernetics also.

Very stunned honor victor

Pettersen was shocked to get the BODE honor.

“Only the pioneers in the field have received this award before, so I feel very humbled. The prize hasn’t even been on my radar, so I was very surprised,” she claims.

She confesses that being the very first Norwegian to get this honor is a little additional unique. In enhancement, she is just the 2nd female on the planet to be honor the reward– in an area that is still fairly male-dominated.

Award for the whole scholastic team

Although just Petterson will certainly be taking a trip to Nice to get the honor, she worries that this is a reward for the whole scholastic team.

“It’s impossible for anyone to carry out such large projects on their own. So I am representing the entire unique research community at NTNU in accepting this award,” she claims.

Sintef has actually been a vital companion in serpent robotics, particularly about the very early models that were established.

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