A wall climbing robotic system for non destructive inspection of above ground tanks

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 402-405

  Kalra, Love P ^a   Weimin, Shen ^a   Jason, Gu ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coverage algorithm; Nondestructive testing; Wall climbing robot

Indexed keywords

INSPECTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ROBOTICS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COVERAGE ALGORITHMS; WALL CLIMBING ROBOTIC SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 39049124065     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2006.277523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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