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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/JEET.2016.11.5.1412

A State of the Art of Power Transmission Line Maintenance Robots  

Seok, Kwang-Ho (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education, Korea.)
Kim, Yoon Sang (Corresponding Author: Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education, Korea.)
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Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology / v.11, no.5, 2016 , pp. 1412-1422 More about this Journal
Keywords
Power transmission line maintenance; Inspection robot; Navigation feature; Readiness level assessment;
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