Climbing ring robot for inspection of offshore wind turbines

Industrial Robot

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-330

  Sattar, Tariq P ^a   Rodriguez, Hernando Leon ^a   Bridge, Bryan ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image scanners; Offshore construction works; Prototypes; Robotics; Turbines

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE FORCE; BLADE SECTION; CLIMBING ROBOTS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DEVELOPMENT COSTS; FULL SCALE; GAINING ACCESS; IMAGE SCANNERS; IN-SITU BLADE; INSPECTION SYSTEM; LOAD CARRYING CAPABILITY; MAGNETIC FORCE; OFF-SHORE; OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION WORKS; OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PROTOTYPES; SITE ASSEMBLY; SMALL-SCALE MODELS; TURBINE TOWERS; VACUUM SUCTION; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

ENGINES; INSPECTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SCANNING; TOMOGRAPHY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 70349215195     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439910910957075     Document Type: Article

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