Professor KURODA Yoji and Associate Professor KATO Keisuke（Autonomous Mobile Systems Laboratory）used rover to cooperate with the MOE’s survey in Nishinoshima Island, and the onboard video of the rover is released
Professor KURODA Yoji and Associate Professor KATO Keisuke（Autonomous Mobile Systems Laboratory）used rover to cooperate with the MOE’s survey in Nishinoshima Island, and the onboard video of the rover is released
Rover built by Prof. KURODA and Associate Prof. KATO
Professor KURODA Yoji and Associate Professor KATO Keisuke (Autonomous Mobile Systems Laboratory - Meiji University) collaborated with the Ministry of the Environment on creating and operating the rover to perform a survey in Nishinoshima Island.
This survey was conducted on Nishinoshima Island, a newly emerging volcanic island that is rare in the world. Owing to the ongoing and vigorous volcanic activity, it is currently impossible to land on or approach the island.
In this survey, the research team of our university transported the rover (probe vehicle) they created to the island about 1 km away from the research vessel using a drone, remotely operated from it, and successfully collected valuable samples such as volcanic ash from the island using the attached sampling arm.
Since there was no communication environment on the island, they relied on radio control to navigate, using video from the rover’s onboard camera (*) and aerial video from a drone hovering above.
Working alongside researchers from various fields on the research vessel, they operated the rover while closely checking the onboard video of the rover. Please watch the realistic video.
