Robotic systems for architectural survey and conservation of Cultural Heritage

HeritageBot is a project on technological and market development of robotic patents for cultural heritage (mainly archaeological and architectural) and the development of services for operational applications (industrial, cultural, educational, etc.) of the identified technological solutions. The article focuses on hexapods robot designed to be applied to the analysis of architecture. The robot must perform many of the operations needed in Architectural survey through automated manoeuvres. These manoeuvres could improve procedures and results, both in terms of speed and accuracy of execution. An interdisciplinary research group of the University of Cassino has been working designing two robots. The group built two prototypes. Currently we are developing validation test and solutions tests for general background and specific cases.