It is difficult for a disabled person or an elderly person to transfer a wheelchair to a vehicle before and after driving because a general car can’t store the wheelchair. Therefore, in order to solve such difficulties, a vehicle having a wheelchair transfer device capable of automatically transferring the wheelchair between the trunk and the driver’s seat is required. This paper proposes a robot type wheelchair transfer manipulator having these functions and evaluates the proposed transfer system through optimal path analysis.
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