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Unread 04-03-2003, 13:14
Steven Carmain Steven Carmain is offline
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Originally posted by JosephM
My question is this, how can it more sideways if it attached to the frame. Or am I seeing things wrong. Anyway, great idea. I'm going to try and improve on the idea this summer.

I want to see the program too.
First, if I think I know what you are talking about, it is just like having a ball on a caster, it can spin in any way. You can get diagonal movement by powering 2 motors in different ways. Like to go NE, you just power the forward-backwards motor forward, and the sideways motor to the right. So, in theory, there is no limitation in movement.

Second, the program was thrown together at the last minute. The program is just a simple tank drive code with 2 sticks, and if you move the right stick left and right, it gives you sideways movement.
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