Cy-mag3D: A simple and miniature climbing robot with advance mobility in ferromagnetic environment

Industrial Robot

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-233

  Rochat, Frederic ^a   Schoeneich, Patrick ^a   Lüthi, Barthelemy ^a   Bleuler, Hannes ^a   Moser, Roland ^b   Mondada, Francesco ^a  

^a Mobots Group   (Switzerland)

^b Inspection Technologies   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inspection; Magnetism; Robots

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING ROBOTS; CYLINDRICAL SHAPES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; HIGH MOBILITY; INDUSTRIAL INSPECTIONS; LOW COMPLEXITY; NEW MECHANISMS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; INSPECTION; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MOBILE POWER PLANTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 79955699013     PISSN: 0143991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01439911111122716     Document Type: Article

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