The OmniTread OT-4 serpentine robot for emergencies and hazardous environments

1st Joint Emergency Preparedness and Response/Robotic and Remote Systems Topical Meeting

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 239-246

  Borenstein, Johann ^a   Hansen, Malik ^a   Nguyen, Hung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PNEUMATIC BELLOWS; RESCUE; TERRAIN;

BELLOWS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INSPECTION; PROPULSION; ROCKS;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS;

EID: 33846096394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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