Climbing robots' mobility for inspection and maintenance of 3D complex environments

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-169

  Balaguer, Carlos ^a   Gimenez, Antonio ^a   Jordon, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climbing robots; Control strategy; Inspection and maintenance applications; Kinematics; Mechatronical design; Path planning

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); INSPECTION; KINEMATICS; MECHATRONICS; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CLIMBING ROBOTS; CONTROL STRATEGY; INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE; LOCOMOTION SYSTEM; MECHATRONICAL DESIGN;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 17444407065     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-005-0723-0     Document Type: Article

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