I have been working at SINTEF since 2014. I was previously a postdoc at NTNU, and have lectured several MSc and PhD courses.
Visiting researcher at UC Berkeley, USA (2006-2007), and participating in DARPA Urban Grand Challenge.
Joint inventor of planning technology for robot manipulators used in spin-off company Adaptive Robotics. Receiver of T. J. Tarn Best Paper in Robotics (ROBIO - 2018) and Best student paper (ICINCO - 2010).
Education
MSc (2005) and PhD in Engineering Cybernetics (2010), from Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Norwegian Universe of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
Competence and research areas
Cybernetics; system identification, learning-based modeling, control and optimization of dynamical systems, state estimation, sensor fusion and sensor calibration.
Robotics; localization, motion planning, motion control and object tracking for various robotic applications, including industrial robotics, healthcare robotics, unmanned vehicles (AUV, ROV, USV, UAV, spacecrafts), and autonomous ships.
Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/esten-ingar-grotli/
ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Esten-Grotli
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3270-8455