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Question: One motor & Turning
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Date: 
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 08:33:11 GMT
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Hi,

If I only use one motor to power a robot's drive-train, am I stuck with
forward motion only (and no turning ability)?

Thanks,

Bryan



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  Re: Question: One motor & Turning
 
(...) No and no. You can allways reverse the motor, and the 'normal' way to steer, is to have a steering wheel that casters to the straight ahead, when driven forward, and rotates to a fixed angle in one direction, when the vehicle goes backwards. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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