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Re: pic: 3rd Iteration of Sheet-Metal Chassis- Swerve

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Originally Posted by Hawiian Cadder View Post
in your current configuration it will be impossible to turn. I looked at swerve a while back and i think that having the steering chained in an X was what I was using. as is you cannot orient the modules into a circle, and you cannot turn in a "short tank" style. the only way that this will turn is in "long tank" style, and because it only has 4 wheels, that may be very difficult.
Not impossible, but inconvenient, steering usually links the front wheels together and the back wheels together which allows for double ackerman-like (car-like) steering. The X configuration eliminates that possibility but allows for easier pivoting and as such is ideal for crab drive (translation and rotation in place only, 3 degrees of freedom)
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