Thread: You guys steering your wheels??
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Re: You guys steering your wheels??
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Originally Posted by CraigHickman View Post
-Standard crab with gyro corrected heading to allow standard crabbing regardless of the trailer.
Hmm? So, does the crab drive just do it's think, and you let the trailer do what it will, or does it correct for the effect of the trailer on the robot? If it auto-corrects for standard crabbing, SERIOUS props to your programmer(s), and does the robot base maintain it's orientation?
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