A mobile climbing robot for high precision manufacture and inspection of aerostructures

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 589-598

  White, T S ^a   Alexander, R ^a   Callow, G ^a   Cooke, A ^a   Harris, S ^a   Sargent, J ^a  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace applications; Climbing; Data fusion; Extended Kalman filter; Localization and navigation; Manufacturing; Mobile; Non destructive testing; Robot

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KALMAN FILTERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

CLIMBING; DATA FUSION; LOCALIZATION AND NAVIGATION; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 22044436158     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364905055701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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