GLOBAL PATH PLANNING OF CLIMBING ROBOT FOR WELD QUALITY INSPECTION IN LARGE SCALE STORAGE TANKS

Ruifeng Wang, Shichao Gu, Xiaoguang Liu, Hao Zhang, Zhihao Xu, Jia Pan, and Xuefeng Zhou

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