Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
The role of INGV and IPGP in the consortium was that of providing their long and recognised experience in the study of volcanoes. These co-operated closely together in the work concerning :
- The definition of the requirements engineering for the robot with an analysis of the volcano environment (WP2 leaded by IPGP).
- The design of sensors for the localisation of the global position of the robot (Task 4.1) and for the reconstruction of the volcanic environment inspected (Task 4.2).
- The design of a sensor system to collect physical data of gas and molten lava during the robot inspections (Task 4.3)
- The design of a measuring system for chemical analysis of gas (Task 4.4)
- Assisted with the organisation of trials of the robot system on different volcanoes in Europe. Most of the trials were done on Mt. Etna (Italy), but trials were also performed in other active volcanoes such as Stromboli Island (Italy) and Vulcano Island (Italy). (WP8 led by INGV).
- In general all those questions related to the peculiarities of the volcanic environment for a robot were addressed by INGV and IPGP.
- Liaison with other volcanologists in Europe and beyond for requirement gathering and dissemination purposes.
|
|
