RCMD: RECONFIGURABLE COLLINEAR MECANUM DRIVE FOR RECONFIGURABLE OMNIDIRECTIONAL MOBILE ROBOT

Ziqi Zhao, Anjun Hu, Lei Zhu, Fang Liu, and Max Q.-H. Meng

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