New robot for power line inspection

2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, RAM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1195-1200

  Katrašnik, Jaka ^a   Pernuš, Franjo ^a   Likar, Boštjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Mobile robots; Power line inspection; UAV

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; INSPECTION; MECHATRONICS; MOBILE ROBOTS; POWER QUALITY; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; ROBOTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ELECTRIC POWERS; FLYING ROBOTS; MANUAL INSPECTIONS; NEW CONCEPTS; OVERALL QUALITIES; POWER LINE INSPECTION; RELIABILITY AND STABILITIES; UAV;

ROBOTS;

EID: 58149083679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMECH.2008.4681335     Document Type: Conference Paper

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