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Fluid Powered Ropeway: Self-Propelled Probe Sliding Along Flexible Tube
Yotaro Mori, Hideyuki Tsukagoshi, and Ato Kitagawa
Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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