Parallel robots for autonomous climbing along tubular structures

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-134

  Aracil, R ^a   Saltaren R ^a   Reinoso, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climbing robots; Field robotics; Parallel robots; Pneumatic control; Robotics

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MOTION CONTROL; PNEUMATIC CONTROL; TORQUE; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES;

AUTONOMOUS CLIMBING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0037469892     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(02)00360-3     Document Type: Article

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