Design and control of a lightweight magnetic climbing robot for vessel inspection

2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1200-1205

  Eich, Markus ^a   Vögele, Thomas ^a  

^a GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DFKI   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING ROBOTS; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; DAMAGED AREA; DESIGN AND CONTROL; INSPECTION ROBOTS; LIGHTWEIGHT SYSTEMS; MARINE VESSELS; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC ASSISTANTS; STEEL FRAME; VISUAL INSPECTION; WALL CLIMBING ROBOT;

CRACK DETECTION; MACHINE DESIGN; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; ROBOTS; SHIP TESTING; SHIPS;

INSPECTION;

EID: 80052365569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MED.2011.5983075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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