On the application of VTOL UAVs to the inspection of power utility assets

2010 1st International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry, CARPI 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Montambault, Serge ^a   Beaudry, Julien ^a   Toussaint, Kristopher ^a   Pouliot, Nicolas ^a  

^a HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field robotics; Inspection robot; Power line inspection; Telerobotics; Unmanned aerial vehicle; VTOL UAV

Indexed keywords

FIELD ROBOTICS; INSPECTION ROBOT; POWER LINES; TELE-ROBOTICS; VTOL UAV;

ELECTRIC LINES; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INDUSTRY; INSPECTION; ROBOTICS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 78650389180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CARPI.2010.5624443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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