• A low‐cost and efficient autonomous row‐following robot for food production in polytunnels 

      Le, Tuan Dung; Ponnambalam, Vignesh Raja; From, Pål Johan; Omholt Gjevestad, Jon Glenn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      In this paper, we present an automatic motion planner for agricultural robots that allows us to set up a robot to follow rows without having to explicitly enter waypoints. In most cases, when robots are usedto cover large ...
    • Mechanical landmine clearing tool for NMBU`s agricultural robot 

      Ovik, Espen Noreng (Master thesis, 2016-08-31)
      This thesis contain the process of creating a modular and mechanical landmine clearing tool for NMBU`s agricultural robot, Thorvald 2. In this thesis, there will be information about the problem with landmines today and ...
    • Modelling and control of kinematically complex robotic systems 

      Pham, Cong Dung (PhD Thesis;2015:80, Doctoral thesis, 2018-04-30)
      This thesis is concerned with modelling and control of kinematically complex robotic systems. The thesis is divided into four main parts. Part I is concerned with a large class of robotic systems, namely vehicle-manipulator ...
    • Modular, mobile robots for applications in the agricultural domain 

      Grimstad, Lars (PhD Thesis;2018:77, Doctoral thesis, 2018)
      The population of the world is projected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050. To be able to feed everyone, we must increase food production by at least 50%. This must be achieved by a sector already responsible for a quarter ...
    • Oilsweeper oljeoppsamling 

      Eriksen, Tor Harald (Master thesis, 2012-10-05)
      Etterspørsel etter olje og oljeprodukter er stadig økende og vi har gjort oss helt avhengig av oljeprodukter som utgangspunkt for materialer og energikilde. Selv om det forskes og utvikles stadig nye materialer og energikilder ...
    • On the Manipulability of Velocity-constrained Serial Robotic Manipulators 

      From, Pål Johan; Robertsson, Anders; Johansson, Rolf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Pigs: A stepwise RGB-D novel pig carcass cutting dataset 

      de Medeiros Esper, Ian; Cordova-Lopez, Luis Eduardo; Romanov, Dmytro; Alvseike, Ole; From, Pål Johan; Mason, Alex (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper presents a pig carcass cutting dataset, captured from a bespoke frame structure with 6 Intel® RealSense™ Depth Camera D415 cameras attached, and later recorded from a single camera attached to a robotic arm ...
    • Powertrain and steering modules for the NMBU agricultural robot 

      Austad, Marius (Master thesis, 2016-07-27)
      The main purpose of this thesis is to make the NMBU agricultural robot very modular, and determine new components for the drivetrain and steering. The new robot will be available in four different versions. The most powerful ...
    • Robot-supervised Learning of Crop Row Segmentation 

      Bakken, Marianne; Moore, Richard J.D.; From, Pål Johan; Omholt Gjevestad, Jon Glenn; Ponnambalam, Vignesh Raja (Chapter, 2021)
    • Robotisation and intelligent systems in abattoirs 

      de Medeiros Esper, Ian; From, Pål Johan; Mason, Alex (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background Meat has been an important protein source for human nutrition for thousands of years and will continue to be. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and Food and Agriculture ...
    • Robotisert oppsamling av gress 

      Wang, Yuqian (Master thesis, 2019)
      Nedbøren øker i Norge, og gjør jorden våtere. Selv om tradisjonelle landbruksmaskiner er effektive, gir våt jord gir dem ulemper i gjennomføringen av for eksempel jordpakking. Hovedmålet til prosjektet er å redusere ...
    • ROV tool to repair fish cages 

      Sønstabø, Håkon Johan (Master thesis, 2017-01-02)
      This thesis deals with one of the main challenges the aquaculture industry is facing today: escapes from fish cages. To avoid or limit the impacts of such events a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) mounted tool is proposed and ...
    • Row following based navigation systems for agricultural robots 

      Ponnambalam, Vignesh Raja (PhD Thesis;2021:3;, Doctoral thesis, 2021)
      The main goal of the thesis is to study methods to follow row-like structures in agricultural scenarios by using low-cost hardware components to create an environment-aware robotic system. The objective is not only to ...
    • Safety system for agricultural robot 

      Wormdahl, Eirik (Master thesis, 2017)
      Development of autonomous robots requires strict demands to safety, as robots are able to do severe damage. In order for the NMBU-developed mobile agricultural robot, Thorvald, to work autonomously on the fields, a safety ...
    • Symmetry-based 3D shape completion for fruit localisation for harvesting robots 

      Ge, Yuanyue; Xiong, Ya; From, Pål Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
    • The NMBU Phenotyping Robot; A Modified Version of Thorvald 

      Skattum, Kristine (Master thesis, 2017)
      Soil compaction is a big problem in farming industry. This is why Pål Johan From in 2014, along with four master students, designed and built the agricultural robot Thorvald I. A light weighted robot that avoids soil ...
    • The Thorvald II agricultural robotic system 

      Grimstad, Lars; From, Pål Johan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    • Utredning av energieffektive metoder for å kutte gras med den autonome landbruksroboten Thorvald 

      Isaksen, Andreas Xepapadakis; Grelland, Nickolas Stefano Fyrbu (Master thesis, 2018)
      I et effektiviserende samfunn har utviklingen på jordbruksfronten gått i retning av større og tyngre jordbruksmaskiner. Dette, sammen med et stadig våtere klima i Norge, har ført til utfordringer ved innhøsting. En av ...
    • Utvikling av høstebeholder til den autonome landbruksroboten Thorvald 

      Larsen, Max Hagetrø (Master thesis, 2020)
      Denne gradsoppgaven omhandler produktutviklingen av høstebeholderen til den autonome roboten Thorvald. Thorvald er en lettvekts landbruksrobot som har blitt utviklet ved NMBU, Ås siden 2014. Thorvald ble utviklet for å ...
    • Utvikling av sprøyteverktøy til autonom landbruksrobot 

      Ghebrehiwot, Alexander Amanuel (Master thesis, 2016-08-30)
      For å redusere bruken av tyngre kjøretøy i jordbruket, ble det i 2014 utviklet og bygget en landbruksrobot av studenter ved NMBU. Denne roboten bruker forskjellige verktøy for utførelse av oppgaver som i dag blir gjort med ...