FACT: Towards Robotic Operation of an Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope
Abstract
The First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) became operational at La Palma in October 2011. Since summer 2012, due to very smooth and stable operation, it is the first telescope of its kind that is routinely operated from remote, without the need for a data-taking crew on site. In addition, many standard tasks of operation are executed automatically without the need for manual interaction. Based on the experience gained so far, some alterations to improve the safety of the system are under development to allow robotic operation in the future. We present the setup and precautions used to implement remote operations and the experience gained so far, as well as the work towards robotic operation.
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@article{arxiv.1307.7892,
title = {FACT: Towards Robotic Operation of an Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope},
author = {A. Biland and H. Anderhub and M. Backes and V. Boccone and I. Braun and T. Bretz and J. Buss and F. Cadoux and V. Commichau and L. Djambazov and D. Dorner and S. Einecke and D. Eisenacher and A. Gendotti and O. Grimm and H. von Gunten and C. Haller and D. Hildebrand and U. Horisberger and B. Huber and K. -S. Kim and M. L. Knoetig and J. -H. Koehne and T. Kraehenbuehl and B. Krumm and M. Lee and E. Lorenz and W. Lustermann and E. Lyard and K. Mannheim and M. Meharga and K. Meier and T. Montaruli and D. Neise and F. Nessi-Tedaldi and A. -K. Overkemping and A. Paravac and F. Pauss and D. Renker and W. Rhode and M. Ribordy and U. Roeser and J. -P. Stucki and J. Schneider and T. Steinbring and F. Temme and J. Thaele and S. Tobler and G. Viertel and P. Vogler and R. Walter and K. Warda and Q. Weitzel and M. Zaenglein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.7892},
year = {2013}
}
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Poster presented at the 33rd ICRC (2013), 4 pages, 3 figures