A small low-cost low-weight inspection robot with passive-type locomotion

Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-348

  Longo, Domenico ^a   Muscato, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTENTIOMETERS (RESISTORS); WATER POLLUTION;

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (API); NON DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION (NDI); SLIDING CLIMBING INSPECTION DEVICE (SCID);

ROBOTS;

EID: 10044235272     PISSN: 10692509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/ica-2004-11404     Document Type: Article

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