Climbing autonomous robot for inspection applications in 3D complex environments

Robotica

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-297

  Balaguer, C ^a   Gimenez A ^a   Pastor, J M ^a   Padron V M ^a   Abderrahim, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING;

CLIMBING ROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0342906675     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574799002258     Document Type: Article

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