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Re: Swerve with a twist

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Originally Posted by bobcroucher View Post
The magic of the caster, is that by gradually mixing the steering rotation and the driving rotation into a cross blended function, you can achieve any motion direction instantly and with zero slip other than that due to the width of the tire.
"gradually mixing" and "instantly" seem like odd bedfellows in the same sentence.

Suppose I am driving your caster vehicle directly forward and I want to "instantly" go sideways? How is your caster vehicle superior to a properly designed and coded swerve?




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