Thread: Swerve with a twist
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Re: Swerve with a twist
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Originally Posted by TheHolyHades1 View Post
This reminds me of one of 1640's robot drives, called a "twitch" drive. They credit 1565 for the original idea. You may want to check it out here: http://wiki.team1640.com/index.php?title=Twitch
Yes, that's the same effect I was talking about. Mine had no diagonal linkages; each wheel's rotation was linked to the two adjacent wheels.
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