Traction robot driven by six independent wheels for inspection inside pipeline

Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 67-72

  Deng, Zongquan ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Jiang, Shengyuan ^b   Sun, Dongchang ^c  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

Driving arm; Dynamic characteristics; Independent wheel; Traction robot

Indexed keywords

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT; MECHANISMS; WHEELS;

DRIVING ARM; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; INDEPENDENT WHEEL; TRACTION ROBOT;

ROBOTS;

EID: 25844487034     PISSN: 05776686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/jme.2005.09.067     Document Type: Article

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