Robot cleaning of underground liquid storage tanks: Feasibility and design considerations

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-60

  Mital, Anil ^a   Kulkarni, Mangesh ^a   Huston, Ronald ^a   Anand, Sam ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleansing liquid storage tanks; Hazardous cleanup; Mobile robots; Robotic cleaners and scrubbers

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANIMATION; CLEANING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; END EFFECTORS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MAINTENANCE; NUMERICAL METHODS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

HAZARDOUS CLEANUP; SOFTWARE PACKAGE CLEARS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0031125345     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(96)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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