05-11-2012, 17:27
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Passionate FIRST-er, CD donor
AKA: Gerry
 FRC #0578 (Red Raider Robotics) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 256
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Re: Different Swerve Drives
You could have one motor steer the left side, and another to steer the right side. When you turn both of them 90 degrees, you get crab drive.
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|..| = Forward
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\../ = Spin
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\..\ = Snake
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-..- = Crab
Crab requires independent drive motors on the four wheels, since the rear wheels are aimed the opposite direction of the front wheels.
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Fairport, NY, USA
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2016 Finger Lakes Regional: Semifinalist on Alliance 7 (1128, 2010, 578)
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