ORIGINAL DESIGN OF A WHEELCHAIR ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH VARIABLE GEOMETRY SINGLE TRACKED MECHANISMS

Suyang Yu, Ting Wang, Zhidong Wang, Yuechao Wang, Chen Yao, and Xiaofan Li

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