A miniature inspection robot negotiating pipes of widely varying diameter

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 2735-2740

  Suzumori, Koichi ^a   Wakimoto, Shuichi ^a   Takata, Masanori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; INSPECTION; MOTION ESTIMATION; PIPE; STEERING;

INSPECTION ROBOT; SMALL ROBOT; SNAKING DRIVE MECHANISM;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0344877170     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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