The Alicia3 climbing robot

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-50

  Longo, Domenico ^a   Muscato, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic industrial inspection; Motion control; Pneumatic adhesion; Pressure control; Robot

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; MOTION CONTROL; PRESSURE CONTROL; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

AUTOMATIC INDUSTRIAL INSPECTION; PNEUMATIC ADHESION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33644687175     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2006.1598052     Document Type: Article

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