Power line inspection via an unmanned aerial system based on the quadrotor helicopter

Proceedings of the Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference - MELECON

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 393-397

  Luque Vega, Luis F ^a   Castillo Toledo, Bernardino ^a   Loukianov, Alexander ^a   Gonzalez Jimenez, Luis Enrique ^b  

^a UNIDAD GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b Department of Electronics Systems and Computer Science ITESO Guadalajara ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; HELICOPTERS; MILITARY VEHICLES;

AERIAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE; HIGH VOLTAGE POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER LINE; MAINTENANCE METHODOLOGY; POWER LINE INSPECTIONS; QUADROTOR HELICOPTER; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

INSPECTION;

EID: 84904182819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MELCON.2014.6820566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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