Since its opening in 2013, the Motion Lab has been instrumental in the completion of three PhD projects and over 30 Master and Bachelor theses, providing critical infrastructure for their research. Additionally, eight PhD candidates have extensively utilized the lab's equipment. The lab has also facilitated numerous projects with external industry partners and played a crucial role in several research project.
Green Platform Initiative - Nekkar (2024-2026)
Optimalisation of maintenance and repair of offshore floating wind turbine
UiA Motion Lab will be instrumental for research and development of the 3D motion-compensated crane and SkyWalker concept that will be tested in this project led by Nekkar.
You can read more about the Skywalker concept here
You can read more about the project here
Maritime Activities and Offshore Operations – MAROFF2 programme (2020-2023)
Increasing Operational Efficiency by Retrofitting Sensor-Based Anti-Swing Technology on Offshore Cranes
Funded through the Maritime Activities and Offshore Operations (MAROFF) programme between 2020 and 2023, Motion Lab has been used to catalyze proof-of-concept testing of MacGregor’s motion-compensated pile gripper concept as a part of the A complex offshore mechatronics system that will be used to install monopiles for fixed offshore wind turbines.
You can read more about the project here
Centres for Research-based Innovation - SFI Offshore Mechatronics (2015-2022)
WP2.5 - Real-Time Motion Compensation in Ship-to-Ship Load Handling
During the SFI Offshore Mechatronics project (2015-2019), PhD candidate Sondre Tørdal was researching a new system of assistance that crane operators can use when loading containers between ships in high wave conditions offshore.
Link to Doctoral Dissertation
WP3.6 - Modeling and Control of Flexible Link Manipulators
During the SFI Offshore Mechatronics project (2019-2022), PhD candidate Dipendra Subedi was researching methods for modeling and control of flexible link manipulators. Link to Doctoral Dissertation
You can read more about the project here
National Financing Initiative for Research Infrastructure – FORINFRA (2015-2021)
Together with GCE NODE and Christian Michaelsen Research (CMR), Motion Lab received 8 million NOK in funding from Research Council Norway (RCN) for investing in sensor technology and purchase of a mobile Stewart platform.
You can read more about the project here
Norwegian Center for Offshore Wind Energy – FME NORCOWE (2009-2017)
Offshore Wind Turbine Access Using Knuckle Boom Cranes During the Norwegian Center for Offshore Wind Energy (NORCOWE) project (2013-2015), PhD candidate Magnus Berthelsen Kjelland was researching new control algorithms for offshore wind turbine access using knuckle boom cranes.
Link to Doctoral Dissertation
You can read more about the project here
Student projects
Master
- Marcus Eide and Tollak Liland (2024) – Enabling Autonomous Load Handling Operations: Development of a Novel Hooking System and Distributed Control Architecture. Supervisors: Daniel Hagen and Faisal Aftab
- Thomas Eikeland (2024) – Development and Validation of a Simulator of the Norwegian Motion Laboratory. Supervisors: Daniel Hagen and Faisal Aftab
- Kaia Risdal and Juan Nils Thomas Ugland (2024) – New concept for secondary control of hydraulic winches. Supervisors: Michael R. Hansen and Daniel Hagen
- Alexander Sterk-Hansen and Bjørn H. H. Saghaug (2023) – Towards Autonomous Offshore Mechatronics Systems: Development of a Digital Twin Framework. Supervisors: Daniel Hagen and Faisal Aftab
- Kristian G. Rakvåk (2023) – Model-based Design of a Winch System for a Downscaled Motion Compensated Knuckle Boom Crane. Supervisors: Daniel Hagen and Faisal Aftab
- Jørgen Drangevåg (2020) – Developing a Free-Falling Robotic Cat With Righting ReflexJan Thomas Olsen (2018) – Real-Time Control, Stabilization and Montoring of Suspended Load attached to a Moving Base Robot. Supervisor: Sondre Sanden Tørdal
- Kai Egil Berntsen and André Bleie Bertheussen (2018), Automatic Generation of Robot Path. Supervisor: Ilya Tyapin
- Andreas Gromsrud (2017) – Active Wave Motion Compensation while Trawling. Supervisor: Martin Choux
- Ronny Landsverk (2017) – Modellering, Simulering og Verifisering av Koblet Dynamikk Mellom en Båt og en Kran. Supervisor: Jing Zhou
- Atle Aalerud, Tomas Klermo (2015) – Heave compensation of top-compensator. Supervisor: Hamid Reza Karimi
- Kim Are Altenborn and Arne Mathias Østtun (2015) – Modelling, Simulation and Control of a Variable Axial Piston Pump. Supervisor: Michael R. Hansen
Bachelor
- Bård Kjetil Lien and David Bye Jomås (2020) – Biomechatronic Diagnostics Platform
- Julie Madshaven and Tonje Markset (2020) – Connection of a VR game to physical motion of the platform.
- Simen Njerve Myreng, Håkon Syverud Fadum, Tina Fardal and Mari Storli (2020) – Developing a Small-Scale Stewart Platform
- Kristoffer Hansen Kruithof and Marius Egeland (2019) – Modular drone for swarm experiments in UiA Motion Lab
- Ola Christoffer Våge, Simon Hus, Jørgen Benum, Jan Petter Ottesen (2018) – Drone-basert filming av eksperimenter i Motion Lab. Supervisor: Kristian Muri Knausgård
- Robert Larsson, Kristoffer Berg, Stian Berg (2017) – Trawling Simulator. Supervisor: Martin Choux
- André B. Bertheussen, Johan Korsnes, Jan Thomas G. Olsen, and Kjell Erik Wiig (2016) – Instrumentation, Identification and Modeling of Hydraulic Winch with Proof of Concept for Regenerative Lowering. Supervisor: Michael Ruderman
Industry projects
Testing in UiA Motion Lab
- Servi Group – Winch testing, MSc project (2024)
- MacGregor Pilegripper testing (2020-2023)
- Axyz Technologies – Wave sensor testing (2021)
- Sensonor – IMU testing (2017)
- Inertial Labs – MRU testing (2017)
- Norwegian Subsea – MRU testing (2017)
- Servi Group – Winch testing, BSc project (2016)
- Inertial Labs – MRU testing (2016)
- Servi Group – Winch testing, MSc project (2015)
- Automasjon og Data AS – MRU testing (2014)
Rental of Equipment
- Hokarob – Leica laser tracker (2023-2024)