TY - GEN
T1 - A Low Cost Customizable Micro-ROV for Environmental Research - Applications, Advances and Challenges
AU - Vitale, Giovanni
AU - Capizzi, Patrizia
AU - Martorana, Raffaele
AU - Fagiolini, Adriano
AU - D'Anna, null
AU - Fertitta, null
AU - Cocchi, null
AU - Passafiume, null
AU - Speciale, null
AU - Costanza, null
AU - D'Alessandro, Antonino
AU - D'Alessandro, null
AU - D'Alessandro, null
AU - D'Alessandro, null
AU - D'Alessandro, null
AU - Coltelli, null
AU - D'Anna, Giuseppe
AU - Bottari, null
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Several shallow submarines areas are characterized by considerable releases of hydrocarbon gases, which, during earthquakes or volcanic activity, may suddenly and violently occur. In some instances, changes in chemical and physical properties of gas emissions, which are generated by geothermal systems connected to the volcanoes’ plumbing system, are important precursors of volcanic activity and useful indices for the study of the geothermal field. Furthermore, some superficial structures such faults, landslide slopes or archaeological relics should be studied with such a high detail that geophysical and bathymetric surveys are unable to provide.In response to the needs increasingly felt of a completely customizable low cost tool for geological/geophysical/geochemical investigation of shallow submarine system, in the framework of the ROVER project, starting from an international project called OpenROV, is being implemented a micro-ROV for multidisciplinary environmental investigation.In this paper, we will describe the project progress, with particular reference to the first tests conducted in pool and in sea water, the geophysical/geochemical instrumentation of which will be equipped and the automatic control algorithms that are being developed for the semi-automatic navigation.
AB - Several shallow submarines areas are characterized by considerable releases of hydrocarbon gases, which, during earthquakes or volcanic activity, may suddenly and violently occur. In some instances, changes in chemical and physical properties of gas emissions, which are generated by geothermal systems connected to the volcanoes’ plumbing system, are important precursors of volcanic activity and useful indices for the study of the geothermal field. Furthermore, some superficial structures such faults, landslide slopes or archaeological relics should be studied with such a high detail that geophysical and bathymetric surveys are unable to provide.In response to the needs increasingly felt of a completely customizable low cost tool for geological/geophysical/geochemical investigation of shallow submarine system, in the framework of the ROVER project, starting from an international project called OpenROV, is being implemented a micro-ROV for multidisciplinary environmental investigation.In this paper, we will describe the project progress, with particular reference to the first tests conducted in pool and in sea water, the geophysical/geochemical instrumentation of which will be equipped and the automatic control algorithms that are being developed for the semi-automatic navigation.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/199468
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-94-6282-196-5
BT - Near Surface Geoscience 2016
ER -