Fully automatic inspection systems for large underground concrete pipes partially filled with wastewater

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 4234-4238

  Elkmann, Norbert ^a   Kutzner, Sven ^a   Saenz, Jose ^a   Reimann, Bert ^a   Schultke, Falko ^a   Althoff, Heiko ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR FACTORY OPERATION AND AUTOMATION IFF   (Germany)

^b Emschergenossenschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Positioning measurement; Sensor systems; Sewer inspection system

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE PIPE; DAMAGE DETECTION; SENSORS; SEWER LININGS; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUTOMATIC INSPECTION SYSTEMS; POSITIONING MEASUREMENT; SENSOR SYSTEMS; SEWER INSPECTION SYSTEMS;

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34250640383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.281949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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