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Volume 27, Issue 3
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  • Step climbing and descending method by tandem wheelchairs and analysis of the influence of changes of the operator’s posture
    Hidetoshi IKEDA, Zhi-Dong WANG, Takayuki TAKAHASHI, Eiji NAKANO
    Article type: Others
    Subject area: Others
    2003 Volume 27 Issue 3 Pages 134-143
    Published: 2003
    Released on J-STAGE: February 27, 2004
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3951/sobim.27.134
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS
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    This paper describes a cooperative strategy for two wheelchairs to climb and descend a step. These two wheelchairs are connected with a simple linkage mechanism between the rear of one wheelchair and the front of another. Two wheelchairs can climb and descend a step one after the other. We perform a numerical calculation to clarify the combination of the two wheelchair’s link positions from the two fixed points which enable them to climb (or descend) a step and is stable at the same time. And we analyze the influence of the changes of the operator’s posture. We ascertain the effectiveness of this method by means of experiments using the wheelchairs system.
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