2000

Funding: European Commission (FP5 FET 26048)

Duration: 1 December 2000 – 30 April 2004

Partners: Kungl Tekniska Högskolan, Sweden; Universität Karlsruhe, Germany; Universitat Jaume I, Spain; Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Spain; Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy; Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung eV/IPA, Germany; Gesellschaft für Produktionssysteme GMBH, Germany; Technische Universität Wien, Austria; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; České vysoké učení technické v Praze, Czech Republic; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain; Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, Estonia; Syddansk Universitet, Denmark; Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France; National Technical University of Athens, (Εθνικό Μετσόβιο Πολυτεχείο), Greece; Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia) Hungary; University of Ulster, United Kingdom; Tel Aviv University, Israel; Politechnika Warszawska, Poland; Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica, Portugal; Institutu Jožef Stefan, Slovenia; University of Oulu (Oulun yliopisto), Finland; University of Plymouth, United Kingdom.

Description: Network of excellence, predecessor of the current http://www.euron.org. The activities were organized around five major efforts, referred to as key-area activities:

1. research coordination
2. training and education
3. industrial links
4. dissemination
5. international links

URL: http://www.euron.org

Funding: European Commission (VFP IST 1999-10762)

Partners: University of Catania, Italy (134); ROBOSOFT, France, (77); BAE Systems, United Kingdom; INGV, Italy; IPGP, France; University of Leeds, U.K., (145).

Duration: 2000 –2003

Description: The main objective of this project was the development and trial of an automatic robotic system to explore and perform measurements in a volcanic environment. A major aim of the proposed robot will be that of minimising the risk for volcanologists who are involved in work close to volcanic vents during eruptive phenomena. Observations and measurements of the variables relating to volcanic activity are of greatest interest during paroxismal phases of eruptions, which unfortunately are also the time of greatest risk for humans. Technical objectives of the project were: The design, implementation and trial of a prototype robot suitable for autonomous and/or semi-autonomous exploration of natural and extremely rough unstructured environments. The design, implementation and trial of a small measurement system for lava and volcanic gas analysis and sample.

URL: http://www.robovolc.diees.unict.it