Power line inspection with a flying robot

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wang, Binhai ^a   Chen, Xiguang ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Liu, Liang ^a   Zhang, Hailong ^a   Li, Bingqiang ^a  

^a STATE GRID SHANDONG ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Field experiences; Robots

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS HELICOPTERS; ELECTRIC GRIDS; FIELD EXPERIENCE; FLYING ROBOTS; FLYING SYSTEM; INSPECTION ROBOTS; INSPECTION SYSTEM; POWER LINES; TRANSMISSION LINE; UNMANNED HELICOPTER;

ELECTRIC LINES; HELICOPTERS; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

INSPECTION;

EID: 78650399756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CARPI.2010.5624430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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