Miniature pipe robots

Industrial Robot

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 575-583

  Pan, Zengxi ^a   Zhu, Zhenqi ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Inspection; Robotics; Size reduction

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSENSORS; PIPE; VIDEO CAMERAS;

MINIATURE PIPE ROBOTS; SIZE REDUCTION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0344550504     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910310506846     Document Type: Article

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