The MOBILE cluster focuses on field-deployable instrumentation, giving users access to a new generation of portable devices for non‐invasive imaging and analysis of friable or immovable artifacts, archaeological sites, and historical monuments. It enables the implementation of complex, multi‐technique diagnostic projects, permitting the most effective in situ investigations of subjects that cannot be delivered to EduceLab for analysis.
Two unique MOBILE labs serve different on-site needs of the user communities:
- MOBILE1, a 4x4 vehicle outfit with an array of modular remote and in-situ sensors employing UAS and/or ground platforms for detailed multi-modal surveys of larger contextual areas for heritage sites;
- MOBILE2, a road vehicle outfit with an experimental platform for imaging and analyzing natural and cultural heritage artifacts and collections. Primary capabilities include a shielded portable micro-CT system, a high-resolution multispectral document camera, an integrated data center, a rapidly deployable wireless network, a point-to-point network, and additional portable equipment for in-situ specimen characterization, such as XRF and 3D profilometry.
Both EduceLab configurations can used as a movable station on site or as a fixed base for intensive observation periods (IOP).
