Mechanical implementation and simulation of MoboLab, a mobile robot for inspection of power transmission lines

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-214

  Nayyerloo, Mostafa ^a   Yeganehparast, Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Barati, Alireza ^a   Foumani, Mahmud Saadat ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aerial power transmission lines; Automated operation; Inspection; Mobile robot

Indexed keywords

AERIAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; FLEXIBLE ARMS; FUNCTIONAL MODELING; GRIPPED POINTS; HUMAN OPERATORS; MOBILE LABORATORIES; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; WARNING SPHERES;

BANDPASS FILTERS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MOBILE ROBOTS; POWER TRANSMISSION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; TOWERS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 45449095375     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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