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Originally Posted by maniac_2040
Say I have a robot with car-like steering and I want to drive in a circle. At what angle would I have to turn the steering wheels in order to drive in a circle/arc of radius r?
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The steering system in cars is called Ackerman steering. The front wheels have to turn at slightly different angles such that the if lines drawn perpendicular to the plane of each wheel and through the center of the wheel all meet at a single point, the center of the turn. This is a pretty good article:
http://www.rctek.com/handling/ackerm...principle.html