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Originally Posted by Samwaldo
For competitions I also am curious about a steering wheel. In 2013, at the Boston Regional, I saw team 846 use a driving wheel to drive the robot. To ANY team that uses this kind of setup please explain how it works.
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Typically for a tank drive, the steering wheel is used for turning. Velocity in the forwards and backwards direction is controlled either with a joystick next to the wheel or buttons on the wheel, or even pedals on the floor.
In other words: Turn wheel, turn robot. Apply throttle, robot moves in the direction it is pointing.
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2003-2007: FRC0330 BeachBots
2008: FRC1135 Shmoebotics
2012: FRC4046 Schroedinger's Dragons
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31-08-2013, 00:36
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