Development of a mobile sensor for volcanic observation "HOMURA"

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12482
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Natural disaster / Disaster prevention science
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Kaneko Katsuya 京都大学, 人間・環境学研究科, 助教 (40335229)
• Research Collaborator: ITO Koichi ; ANBE Yuichi ; IWAHORI Kodai ; SAGI Hirotaro
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ロボット / 火山観測 / 携帯通信 / 太陽電池 / 火山ガス / 火山火口

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have been developing a practical unmanned-ground-vehicle-type robot for volcanic observation, “HOMURA”, that carries out monitoring near active craters. Homura can obtain pictures of crater and data of sensors in real time with data communication of cellular phone. In this study, we newly did installation of volcanic gas sensors, improvement of softwares for HOMURA, and installation of a solar panel so that we more efficiently use HOMURA for a long time. We also carried out two test campaigns at a natural volcanic field (Kirishima-Iwoyama), and confirmed that HOMURA is stably operated and useful. We will continue volcanic observation by HOMURA.

Free Research Field

火山学