Atle Aalerud
Senior Researcher at NORCE Norwegian Research Centre
Arendal, Agder, Norway
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Top SchoolAtle Aalerud is a Senior Researcher with nine years of experience translating academic robotics and autonomy research into practical industry solutions, currently based in Arendal, Norway. He holds a PhD in Mechatronics and has driven autonomy system foundations for offshore mechatronics while leading projects that brought vision-based monitoring and anti-collision systems from concept to fielded drilling equipment. At NORCE and in industry roles at National Oilwell Varco he blends deep technical rigor with product-focused insight, helping teams prioritize problems that matter for operators. He now contributes to multiple research and commercial initiatives (including COGNIMAN and iBot4CRMs), demonstrating an ability to straddle academic collaboration and startup-style innovation. Early career experience as an electrician and software tester gives him practical systems-level intuition often missing in purely academic engineers. Colleagues rely on him to turn complex control and perception research into reliable, testable systems for harsh industrial environments.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechatronics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechatronics at University of Agder (UiA)BEng Cybernetics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BEng Cybernetics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Høgskolen i Oslo (HiO)Technical and Common Subjects TAF, Technical and Common Subjects TAF at Etterstad College
English, Norwegian
Github Skills (37)
cpp8
c-library8
visual-studio8
cmake8
windows8
sensor8
setuptools7
linux7
plugin7
catkin7
swig7
package-manager7
macos6
ros6
creator6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
evenfl/p26_master
Feb 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:11 commits in 2 months
atleaa/test
Oct 2016 - Jan 2019
Contributions:3 releases, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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