Thread: Tri Star Wheels
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Re: Tri Star Wheels

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Originally Posted by Alex.q View Post
Just a question, how do you prevent the wheel module from rotating when you don't want it to (pushing match), or coordinate the two sides of the chassis?
Would it do this? I'm having a hard time visualizing how these wheels would behave in various situations, such as you describe. The team did discuss being able to lock the entire star assembly in place, which would turn us into a standard 8WD bot, but didn't know if it would be necessary or not.