Multipurpose underwater manipulation for archaeological intervention

Abstract

This paper presents a new research line recently started by our team in the context of semi-autonomous underwater robotic intervention applied to the archaeological domain. This new research line is supported by the Spanish Ministry and represents an extension of previous developed work through different national and international projects. The robotic system under development will assist the archaeologist in the detailed work of monitoring, characterization, study, reconstruction and preservation of archaeological sites, always in accordance with the continuous supervision of the human expert.