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Re: High Strength Powered Steerable pivot wheel
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Date: 
Wed, 23 May 2001 21:21:40 GMT
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IN my design the motor and wheel assembly are one unit.  The problem has
been keeping the rotation point stong enough.  Hopefully I can play around
with some things this weekend.  I will probably order the large turntables
from pitsco.  They should help.

In lugnet.robotics, Scot Wilcoxon writes:
Did you consider rotating the entire motor/wheel assembly?

The advantage is that you don't need a drive to go through the rotating
components, as a flexible wire can deal with the movement.

The disadvantage is that it's difficult to make a rotating device which
can deal with the vertical forces involved in the "shrimp" design.



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  Re: High Strength Powered Steerable pivot wheel
 
(...) All the replies were apparently trying to help you to create a steerable wheel with no motors in the assembly. Did you consider rotating the entire motor/wheel assembly? The advantage is that you don't need a drive to go through the rotating (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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