Development of mobile minirobots for in pipe inspection tasks

Mechanika

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 60-64

  Tatar O ^a   Mandru D ^a   Ardelean, Ioan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSPECTION; MAINTENANCE; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

MOBILE MINIROBOTS; PIPE INSPECTION; ROBOTIC SYSTEM;

PIPE;

EID: 38049170567     PISSN: 13921207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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