Feb 15, 2012 · There are more than 1,500 potentially active volcanoes in the world, and roughly 10% of the world's population live in areas directly threatened ...

This paper proposes a robotic observation system for active volcanoes that is composed of a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a mobile ground robot.

The main purpose of the ROBOVOLC project has been the development and trial of an automatic robotic system to explore and perform measurements in a volcanic ...

hundreds of these robots would be deployed inside caves, lava tubes, canyons ... and mapping in unknown environments like caves, lava tubes, and pits [29].

Robots are helping humans in an increasing number of tasks, as exploring hostile environments, like volcanoes [1, 2] , nuclear sites [3][4][5], distant planets ...

Jul 15, 2024 · This paper presents the specifications, design, capabilities, and possible mission profiles for state-of-the-art legged robots tailored to space exploration.

VolcanoBot was developed to map volcanic vents and their underlying conduit systems, which are rarely preserved and generally inaccessible to human exploration.

This chapter describes the importance of the study of volcanoes and the typical aerial measures that could be usefully executed.

A new EC project named ROBOVOLC with the aim of designing and building a mobile robot for volcanic exploration whose activities started in March 2000.

Nov 16, 2007 · A great look at the team of dedicated IT workers behind the robots, plotting the every move of NASA's twin robot geologists, Spirit and ...