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Originally Posted by Bsteckler
About steering, why don't you link the left and right sets of wheels on a 6WD robot togeather, then you can use one joystick for the left, and one for the right. I have an RC car that operates on this exact principle, turns easily and on a dime.
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If you mean all the left wheels tied together (with chain or such) and the same with the right wheels, most teams do this and it's called Skid (or tank style) steering.
If you are talking about like a car turns, it's called Ackermann (or car) steering. Most teams don't do this because it does not allow them to turn in place (it has a turning radius above 0), but it will have less (almost) no scrubbing of the wheels when turning .