Inch-worm robot with automatic pipe tracking capability for the feeder pipe inspection of a PHWR

Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-132

  Choi, Changhwan ^a   Park, Byungsuk ^a   Jung, Hyunkyu ^a   Jung, Seungho ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Feeder pipe; Inch worm; Robot

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION METHOD; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; FEEDER PIPES; INCH-WORM; INCH-WORMS; LONGITUDINAL MOTION; MOBILE INSPECTION; OUTER SURFACE; ROTATIONAL MOTION; SENSING TECHNIQUES; TRACKING CAPABILITY; TRACKING SYSTEM;

COMPUTER VISION; FEEDING; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTS; SENSORS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRACKING (POSITION);

PIPE;

EID: 84860295335     PISSN: 19765622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5302/J.ICROS.2008.14.2.125     Document Type: Article

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