A Novel Crawling In-pipe Robot Design

A novel crawling in-pipe robot was designed to improve the adaptive ability with self-locking principle applied. In the moving, the robot was adaptable to horizontal, vertical and bending pipes with different diameters and sections without exerting additional pressure to the shell. The robot used a...

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Main Authors: Xu Kejie, Xu Hong, Yu Qikuan, Wang Zhiqiang, Xu Wenjiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:MATEC Web of Conferences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166104017