Power line inspection - A UAV concept

IET Seminar Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue 11271, 2005, Pages 6-

  Jones, Dewi ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; OVERHEAD LINES; ROTORS;

POWER LINE INSPECTION; ROTORCRAFTS; TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIERS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 34047095274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/ic:20050472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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