Wireless tracking and locating system for in-pipe robot

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-125

  Qi, Haiming ^a   Ye, Jinrui ^b   Zhang, Xiaohua ^a   Chen, Hongjun ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extreme low frequency; In pipe robot; Magnetic dipole; Tracking and locating

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ERRORS; COIL STRUCTURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PARAMETERS; EXTREME LOW FREQUENCIES; FIELD TEST; GEOMETRIC SIZES; IN-PIPE ROBOT; INVERSE CALCULATION; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; MAGNETIC DIPOLE MODEL; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SIGNAL TRANSMITTING; UNDERGROUND PIPELINE; WORK FOCUS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LOCATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PIPE; PIPELINES; ROBOTS; SENSOR ARRAYS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 77950338541     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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