Automated pipe inspection robot

Industrial Robot

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-289

  Bright, Glen ^a   Ferreira, Devon ^a   Mayor, Rhett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEFECTS; INSPECTION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PIPE; DATA REDUCTION; DC MOTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PROPELLERS; ULTRASONICS;

AUTOMATED PIPE INSPECTION ROBOTS; ELECTRONIC DESIGN; MECHATRONIC DEFECT SENSORS; PIPE INSPECTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 0030659375     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439919710176372     Document Type: Article

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