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Re: Problem with auto-steering mechanism.
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Date: 
Sun, 27 Oct 2002 05:23:34 GMT
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Steve Baker wrote:


That might work - but it comes into the catagory of 'iffy' friction
adjustment!  I'll give it a try.


I made a flimsy mini-rover version of Ben Jackson's rover a while back.
Note the use of iffy friction in the rear by barely inserting an axle
into a micromotor pulley:
http://www.bloomington.in.us/~alano/brian/legos.html

The front wheels are offset from the vehicle's center line to counter
the rotational torque of the differential, helping it go more straight
(straighter(?)).



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  Re: Problem with auto-steering mechanism.
 
(...) Yeah - exactly. (...) Limiting the rotation like that would remove the very feature of this mechanism that I need - the ability to escape (eventually) from any kind of corner. (...) That might work - but it comes into the catagory of 'iffy' (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.robotics)

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