Compact magnetic wheeled robot for inspecting complex shaped structures in generator housings and similar environments

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4116-4121

  Fischer, W ^a   Caprari, G ^a   Siegwart, R ^a   Moser, R ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH Zürich ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION MODELS; CONCAVE CORNERS; LARGE GENERATOR; LOW FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; MECHANICAL DESIGN; QUASI-STATIC; REAL ENVIRONMENTS; VEHICLE STRUCTURES; WHEELED ROBOT;

FRICTION; HOUSING; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VEHICLE WHEELS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 76249131016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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