Adaptable Minirobots for Pipe Inspection Task

Abstract:

In the first part, the paper presents a classification of the in pipe inspection robots and the features of the mechanisms used in the design of the pipe inspection robots with adaptable structure. The authors’ contribution to the development of three wheeled minirobots with two four bar mechanisms placed on two parallel planes, is presented is the second part of the paper.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 823)
• Pages: 411-416
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.823.411
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Mihai Olimpiu Tătar*, Dan Mândru, Ioan Ardelean, Alin Pleşa
• Keywords: Adaptable Structure, In Pipe Robots, Mechanisms, Minirobots

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