Herman B. Amundsen
Papers
12
Total Citations
64
H-Index
5
About
Herman B. Amundsen is an emerging researcher specializing in autonomous underwater robotics, motion planning, and aquaculture automation. His work sits at the intersection of marine robotics and artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on enabling unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and robotic systems to operate safely and autonomously in complex, dynamic ocean environments. Amundsen's most significant contributions center on developing adaptive path planning and obstacle avoidance algorithms for underwater robots deployed in aquaculture settings. His 2021 paper on biofouling prevention robots — demonstrating autonomous net cleaning in commercial fish farms — has garnered 13 citations, establishing him as a key voice in aquaculture robotics. Alongside this, his work on elastic band-based three-dimensional obstacle avoidance for UUVs (10 citations) and robust motion planning in fast-moving environments reflects a broader ambition to make underwater autonomy practical and reliable. His research also spans robot manipulator modeling, net pen shape estimation, and autonomous inspection frameworks, consistently bridging simulation with real-world fieldwork validation. Collectively accumulating over 60 citations across a relatively short publication window, Amundsen's portfolio signals a researcher rapidly defining the methodological foundations for next-generation autonomous systems in one of the world's fastest-growing food industries.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5Control-oriented modeling of an underwater biofouling prevention robot6 citations · 2021
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10