DYNAMICAL MODELLING AND STRUCTURAL PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION OF A NOVEL SPIRAL IN-PIPE ROBOT

Liang Liang, Puhua Tang, Bai Chen, Yong Tang, Yan Xu, and Daiyong Lin

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