Differential-drive in-pipe robot for moving inside urban gas pipelines

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Roh, Se Gon ^a   Choi, Hyouk Ryeol ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Branch; Differential drive; Elbow; In pipe robot; Steering mechanism

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; GAS PIPELINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL DRIVES; ROBOTICS;

DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE; IN-PIPE ROBOT; STEERING MECHANISM;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 14044251477     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2004.838000     Document Type: Article

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