Thread: Tank Steering
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Re: Tank Steering
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Originally Posted by Chexposito View Post
yes and no, we had a lot of encoders on our robot so we knew exactly how far it went, but the turning we did was experimental. (we had a crab drive)

here's a pic: http://www.teamdriven.us/media_page/...s/102_2390.jpg
oh, crab has several advantages over tank for navigation.
I wish that kinematically modeling a skidsteer was easier for navigation.
If my team would use crab, I would already have made a navigation model, and have a route planning algorithm.
Navigation with skid steer is harder, and it seems no teams have done much with it
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