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The caterpillar-based wheelchair uses a highly stable antitilt climbing technology which is an advantage but the big and clumsy construction is a disadvantage (Hinderer et al., 2017).

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Hinderer, M., Friedrich, P., & Wolf, B. (2017). Autonomous stair-climbing wheelchair. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 94, 219–225. https://doi.org/10.1016
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