Test Campaign
25 August - 29 August 2003

INGV, Nicolosi, Catania, Italy and 2002 Eruption Crater


Attendees
Outline
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Attendees

  1. UNICT : Giovanni Muscato, Salvatore Guccione, Francesco Russo, Domenico Longo.
  2. INGV : Antonio Cristaldi, Daniele Caltabiano, Luciano Cantelli, Giacomo Spampinato, Emilio Pecora, Mauro Coltelli.
  3. IPGP: .
  4. UNI-PO: Exit from project.
  5. PORTECH: Exit from project.
  6. ROBOSOFT: Benoit Rameix.
  7. BAE SYSTEMS: .
  8. UNIVLEEDS: Vincenzo Sacco, Patrick Sim.

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Outline

The purpose of this test period was to integrate the arm manipulator into the system with the last modifications performed, to validate the traction control system on volcanic environment, to test teleoperation of the system and to perform further test of the sensor for science sub-system.

27 August 2003

Trials in Nicolosi Monti Rossi site. Traction control test with different type of tyres and with the traction control system.

28 August 2003

Trials of the gas sampling system. A complete simulation of a gas sampling operation in the laboratory was performed (Details reported in Section 12 ).

Fig. 1. Test of the gas sampling system

29 August 2003

Trials on Etna on the base of the Laghetto crater (January 2002 eruption). Test of the manipulator, test of the user interface.


Fig. 2. Picture of the 2002 crater taken by the robot.


Fig. 3. 29 August 2003 : from the left : P.Sim, G. Spampinato, S. Guccione, E. Pecora,
M.Coltelli, G. Muscato, G. Giudice, L. Cantelli, V. Sacco, D. Caltabiano

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