Applying aerial robotics for inspections of power and petrochemical facilities

2012 2nd International Conference on Applied Robotics for the Power Industry, CARPI 2012

Volumn 2012-January, Issue , 2012, Pages 167-172

  Huerzeler, C ^a   Caprari, G ^a   Zwicker, E ^b   Marconi, L ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ALSTOM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerial inspection robots; Non destructive testing; Service robotics; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; INSPECTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PETROCHEMICALS; ROBOTICS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AERIAL INSPECTION; APPLICATION SCENARIO; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PETROCHEMICAL FACILITY; PETROCHEMICAL PROCESSING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE ROBOTICS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 85006706070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CARPI.2012.6473371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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