Micro inspection robot for 1-in pipes

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 286-292

  Suzumori, Koichi ^a   Miyagawa, Toyomi ^a   Kimura, Masanobu ^a   Hasegawa, Yukihisa ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; INSPECTION; MICROACTUATORS; MICROMACHINING; PNEUMATIC CONTROL;

MICRO INSPECTION ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0033359917     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3516.789686     Document Type: Article

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