Modeling and Fabrication of a Mobile Inspection Microrobot Driven by a Pneumatic Bellows Actuator for Long Pipes

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Ono, Manabu ^a   Hamano, Toshiaki ^b   Kato, Shigeo ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fabrication; long pipe; microrobot; modeling; pneumatic bellows actuator

Indexed keywords

BELLOWS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC VALVES; IN-PIPE; LONG PIPE; MICRO ROBOTS; MOBILE INSPECTION; MODELING; PNEUMATIC BELLOW ACTUATOR; PNEUMATIC PRESSURE; SMALL DIAMETER PIPE; VACUUM PRESSURE;

FABRICATION;

EID: 77952796271     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2006.p0011     Document Type: Article

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