Design and Experiments of In-pipe Inspection Vehicles for ø25, ø50, ø150 Pipes

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 310-317

  Hirose, Shigeo ^a   Ohno, Hidetaka ^a   Mitsui, Takeo ^b   Suyama, Kiichi ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SONY CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c TOKYO GAS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

CCV; Gas pipe; In pipe inspection vehicle; Load sensetive CVT; Spiral motion; Whole Stem Drive; Wire driven

Indexed keywords

INSPECTION;

CONTROL CONFIGURED VEHICLE; GAS PIPES; IN-PIPE; IN-PIPE INSPECTION; IN-PIPE INSPECTION VEHICLE; INSPECTION VEHICLE; LOAD-SENSETIVE CVT; SPIRAL MOTION; WHOLE STEM DRIVE; WIRE-DRIVEN;

VEHICLES;

EID: 36048991325     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2000.p0310     Document Type: Article

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