Foldable magnetic wheeled climbing robot for the inspection of gas turbines

Mobile Robotics: Solutions and Challenges - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 463-470

  Fischer, Wolfgang ^a   Caprari, Gilles ^a   Siegwart, Roland ^a   Moser, Roland ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ALSTOM SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CHALLENGES; FERROMAGNETIC SURFACES; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; MAGNETIC ADHESION; PROTOTYPE IMPLEMENTATIONS; TORQUE TRANSMISSION; VISUAL INSPECTION;

CAMERAS; DESIGN; INSPECTION; MOBILE ROBOTS;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 84885586651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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