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Unread 06-12-2005, 23:19
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Re: Square Wheels?

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Originally Posted by M. Krass
Save for making a zero-radius turn, it'd be almost exactly like skid-steering. In fact, since you could keep the motor output at a full 12V throughout the turn, you'd be putting out more torque at the wheels during a turn than a traditional skid-steer arrangement would.
true. and you worded that very nicely.. i was only imagining zero radius turns and one side put. one side on turns. i guess depending on how much angle you can turn... like if you can turn the hemispheres a full 180 then you have a conventional skidsteerable robot.
but i just noticed... even if you do use only one motor for the entire drive, youd need 2 motors(or cylinders) to move the angle of each side independently. while if you do a rightside motor, left side motor, you can do the angling with a single motor or cylinder.