Design of mechatronic systems to inspect power transmission lines and towers

International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, 2006. SPEEDAM 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 774-779

  Becker, Marcelo ^a   Landre Jr , Jánes ^a   Santos, Sandro Cardoso ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Federal Center of Technological Education of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Design methodology; Inspection; Power transmission lines

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; HELICOPTERS; INSPECTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN METHODOLOGY; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES;

MECHATRONICS;

EID: 33845592013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SPEEDAM.2006.1649874     Document Type: Conference Paper

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