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Development of Noncircular Wheel “TFW” for Traveling over a Single Step only by Rotational Movement
Tomohiko Oki and Toshio Morita
Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kouhoku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
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