Erlend Magnus Lervik Coates
About
Assistant professor of automation and intelligent systems at the Department of ICT and Natural Sciences, Ålesund. Research connected to the Cyber-Physical Systems Lab (https://www.ntnu.edu/iir/cps).
Teaching:
- AIS2002 - Control Engineering
https://www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses/AIS2002 - AIS2102 - Dynamical Systems
https://www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses/AIS2102
Research:
PhD project: "Nonlinear Autopilot Design for Extended Flight Envelopes and Operation of Fixed-Wing UAVs in Extreme Conditions" (defence 7/9 - 2023).
PhD work funded through the Autofly project by the Research Council of Norway, and associated with NTNU AMOS and the NTNU UAV-lab.
Supervisors: Thor I. Fossen and Tor Arne Johansen, Department of Engineering Cybernetics.
Research assistant (vit. ass.) in the course TTK4215 - Adaptive Control (2017-2020). https://www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses/TTK4215
Member of NTNU COVID-19 Task Force (2020):
https://www.ntnu.edu/biotechnology/ntnu-covid-19
Publications
2023
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Løw-Hansen, Bogdan;
Müller, Nicolas Carlo;
Coates, Erlend Magnus Lervik;
Johansen, Tor Arne;
Hann, Richard.
(2023)
Identification of an Electric UAV Propulsion System in Icing Conditions.
SAE technical paper series
Academic article
2022
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Coates, Erlend M.;
Reinhardt, Dirk Peter;
Gryte, Kristoffer;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2022)
Toward Nonlinear Flight Control for Fixed-Wing UAVs: System Architecture, Field Experiments, and Lessons Learned.
International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
Academic article
2021
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Coates, Erlend M.;
Fossen, Thor I..
(2021)
Geometric Reduced-Attitude Control of Fixed-Wing UAVs.
Applied Sciences
Academic article
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Coates, Erlend M.;
Griffiths, Jenny Bogen;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2021)
Robust Reduced-Attitude Control of Fixed-Wing UAVs using a Generalized Multivariable Super-Twisting Algorithm.
International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
Academic article
2020
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Coates, Erlend Magnus Lervik;
Reinhardt, Dirk Peter;
Fossen, Thor I..
(2020)
Reduced-Attitude Control of Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Geometric Methods on the Two-Sphere.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
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Reinhardt, Dirk Peter;
Coates, Erlend Magnus Lervik;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2020)
Hybrid Control of Fixed-Wing UAVs for Large-Angle Attitude Maneuvers on the Two-Sphere.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
2019
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Coates, Erlend Magnus Lervik;
Wenz, Andreas Wolfgang;
Gryte, Kristoffer;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2019)
Propulsion System Modeling for Small Fixed Wing UAVs.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Bøhn, Eivind Eigil;
Coates, Erlend Magnus Lervik;
Moe, Signe;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2019)
Deep Reinforcement Learning Attitude Control of Fixed Wing UAVs Using Proximal Policy Optimization.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Journal publications
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Løw-Hansen, Bogdan;
Müller, Nicolas Carlo;
Coates, Erlend Magnus Lervik;
Johansen, Tor Arne;
Hann, Richard.
(2023)
Identification of an Electric UAV Propulsion System in Icing Conditions.
SAE technical paper series
Academic article
-
Coates, Erlend M.;
Reinhardt, Dirk Peter;
Gryte, Kristoffer;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2022)
Toward Nonlinear Flight Control for Fixed-Wing UAVs: System Architecture, Field Experiments, and Lessons Learned.
International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
Academic article
-
Coates, Erlend M.;
Fossen, Thor I..
(2021)
Geometric Reduced-Attitude Control of Fixed-Wing UAVs.
Applied Sciences
Academic article
-
Coates, Erlend M.;
Griffiths, Jenny Bogen;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2021)
Robust Reduced-Attitude Control of Fixed-Wing UAVs using a Generalized Multivariable Super-Twisting Algorithm.
International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
Academic article
-
Coates, Erlend Magnus Lervik;
Reinhardt, Dirk Peter;
Fossen, Thor I..
(2020)
Reduced-Attitude Control of Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Geometric Methods on the Two-Sphere.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
-
Reinhardt, Dirk Peter;
Coates, Erlend Magnus Lervik;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2020)
Hybrid Control of Fixed-Wing UAVs for Large-Angle Attitude Maneuvers on the Two-Sphere.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Coates, Erlend Magnus Lervik;
Wenz, Andreas Wolfgang;
Gryte, Kristoffer;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2019)
Propulsion System Modeling for Small Fixed Wing UAVs.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Bøhn, Eivind Eigil;
Coates, Erlend Magnus Lervik;
Moe, Signe;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2019)
Deep Reinforcement Learning Attitude Control of Fixed Wing UAVs Using Proximal Policy Optimization.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper