A Mixed Terrestrial Aerial Robotic Platform for Volcanic and Industrial Surveillance

Author

Longo, D. ; Melita, D. ; Muscato, G. ; Sessa, S.

Author_Institution

Univ. degli Studi di Catania, Catania

fYear

2007

fDate

27-29 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents a short overview of a new mixed Terrestrial Aerial Robotic PLAtform for Volcanic and Industrial Surveillance (TARPLAVIS). The aim of the project was to integrate different technologies in order to build an innovative platform to help operators in the management of industrial and volcanic crises. A strong similarity exists between crises occurring in volcanic sites and in many types of industrial plants. The platform comprises a terrestrial rover Robovolc, a UAV, a climbing robot, a telecontrol system and all the supporting communication equipment. The system tries to exploit the quality of each subsystem to represent a useful tool in crises management. Several test campaigns were run to evaluate the performance of each module and to improve the interconnections between the subsystems.

Keywords

aerospace robotics; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; remotely operated vehicles; surveillance; telerobotics; volcanology; Robovolc; UAV; climbing robot; crisis management; industrial plants; industrial surveillance; telecontrol system; terrestrial aerial robotic platform; terrestrial rover; volcanic sites; volcanic surveillance; Climbing robots; Communication equipment; Crisis management; Industrial plants; Innovation management; Project management; Service robots; Surveillance; Technology management; Unmanned aerial vehicles; UAV; climbing robots; localization; locomotion; multi-robot team;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics, 2007. SSRR 2007. IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1569-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1569-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSRR.2007.4381286

Filename

4381286