Role of INGV and IPGP in the project

The role of INGV and IPGP in the consortium is that of providing their long and recognised experience in the study of volcanoes. These partners will co-operate closely together in the work concerning:

The definition of the requirements engineering for the robot with an analysis of the volcano environment.
The design of sensors for the localisation of the global position of the robot and for the reconstruction of the volcanic environment inspected.
The design of a sensor system to collect physical data of gas and molten lava during the robot inspections
The design of a measuring system for chemical analysis of gas.

·Assisting with the organisation of trials of the robot system on different volcanoes in Europe. Most of the trials will be done on Mt. Etna (Italy), but trials will be selected also among other active volcanoes such asStromboli Island (Italy) and the presently erupting volcano in MontserratIsland (UK Antilles).

·In general all those questions related to the peculiarities of the volcanic environment for a robot will be addressed by CNR-IIV and IPGP.

·Liaison with other volcanologists in europe and beyond for requirement gathering and dissemination purposes.

Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Role of INGV in the project

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