Magnetic wall climbing robot for thin surfaces with specific obstacles

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2008, Pages 551-561

  Fischer, Wolfgang ^a   Tâche, Fabien ^a   Siegwart, Roland ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR TRANSITIONS; CLIMBING ROBOTS; CRITICAL CASES; GAS TANKS; INTERIOR SURFACES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MAGNETIC FORCES; MAGNETIC WALLS; MAGNETIC WHEELS; MECHANICAL CALCULATIONS; OPTIMIZATION CRITERION; SERVICE ROBOTICS; THIN METAL SHEETS; THIN SURFACES;

ARSENIC; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MACHINE DESIGN; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; OPTIMIZATION; PAPER SHEETING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTS; SHEET METAL; VEHICLES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WHEELS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 49249107365     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75404-6_53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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