Design and motion planning of a two-module collaborative indoor pipeline inspection robot

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 681-696

  Kwon, Young Sik ^a   Yi, Byung Ju ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Caterpillar wheel; inspection robot; kinematics; optimal design; pipeline robot; reconfigurable

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; CLOSED FORM; DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE; FOUR-BAR MECHANISMS; INSPECTION ROBOTS; INTUITIVE USER INTERFACE; MOTION PLANNING ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PIPE WALLS; PIPELINE INSPECTION; PIPELINE ROBOT; RECONFIGURABLE; ROBOT SYSTEM; UNIQUE FEATURES;

BARS (METAL); INSPECTION; KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; MOTION PLANNING; PIPELINES; ROBOTS; USER INTERFACES; WHEELS;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84862007686     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2012.2183049     Document Type: Article

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