Inspection system for very thin and fragile surfaces, based on a pair of wall climbing robots with magnetic wheels

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1216-1221

  Fischer, W ^a   Tache F ^a   Siegwart, R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cooperating robots; Field robots; Mechanism design; Robotics in hazardous fields; Service robots; Wheeled robots

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SHEET METAL; SHIPS; STABILITY; TANKS (CONTAINERS); VEHICLES; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WHEELS;

COOPERATING ROBOTS; FIELD ROBOTS; MECHANISM DESIGN; ROBOTICS IN HAZARDOUS FIELDS; SERVICE ROBOTS; WHEELED ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 51349099458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2007.4399060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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