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Re: SHRIMP building
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 23 May 2001 00:17:03 GMT
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Brian Alano <alano@kiva.*saynotospam*net>
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Slight correction to ASCII art in last post:
Mario Ferrari wrote:
> "Brian B. Alano" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote:
> > In the near term, I've opted out of the "steer in place" requirement. That way I
> > go from four outputs to two. With an 8-wheel SHRIMP, I steer like a four-wheel
> > steered (FWS) car does at low speed.
> You drive all the wheels together in the same direction (first output), and
> use a motor to steer the front and rear groups in sync (second output). Is
> this what you mean?
Yes, something like this:
| is a wheel pointed straight, \ and / are wheel turned left or right
= is the body
Going straight:
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Turning left:
\ \
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/ /
Turning right:
/ /
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\ \
Disclaimer: I haven't actually tried this yet!
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