The research on motion control covers a wide range of applications including mechanical systems, Lagrangian systems, robotics, marine craft, aircraft, satellites, compressors, automotive systems, integrated navigation systems etc.

The main fields of research are nonlinear control theory, optimization methods, parameter estimation and nonlinear state estimation/observer design.

• Professor Thor I. Fossen
• Professor Jan Tommy Gravdahl
• Professor Tor Arne Johansen
• Professor Lars Imsland
• Professor Kristin Y. Pettersen
• Professor Anton Shiriaev
• Professor Ole Morten Aamo
• Adjunct Professor Oddvar Hallingstad (Unik)
• Adjunct Professor Svein Ivar Sagatun (Statoil)
• Adjunct Associate Professor Bjørnar Vik (Marine Cybernetics)

• Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures (CeSOS)
• NTNU TSO ICT programme of Robotics
• Norwegian Research Center for Offshore Wind Technology (NOWITECH)
• NTNU/SINTEF Gemini centre for Advanced Robotics
• Strategic University Program (SUP) on Control, Information and Communication Systems for Environmental and Safety Critical Systems
• Knowledge-building Project with User Involvement (KMB) on Arctic Dynamic Positioning Systems
• Knowledge-building Project with User Involvement (KMB) on Next Generation Robotics for Norwegian Industry
• FRITEK-project on Snake Locomotion in Challenging Environments (SLICE)

• Applied Underwater Robotics Laboratory (AUR-Lab)
• Marine Cybernetics Laboratory (MCLab)
• The research vessel R/V Gunnerus
• Unmanned Vehicles Laboratory
• Industrial Robotics Laboratory
• Snake Robotics Laboratory

• Guidance and control of marine craft (ships, underwater vehicles, floating structures)
• Unmanned vehicles
• Robotics
• Integrated navigation systems
• Automotive systems
• Control allocation
• Power and propulsion systems
• Spacecraft and satellite control systems
• Compressors control systems