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Standing on the shoulders of giants: A brief note from the perspective of kinematics

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Kong, X. Standing on the shoulders of giants: A brief note from the perspective of kinematics. Chin. J. Mech. Eng. 30, 1–2 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3901/CJME.2017.0101.001

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