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Here's where I really miss not having a digital camera. I'm working on a wheel-based 'bot that has rack-and-pinion steering, and I've run into a snag. (I realize that dual-motor steering and a caster-type rear wheel makes more sense, but I wanted a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Rack and Pinion Steering
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(...) I think you should look at a design in which each steering wheel's pivot axis is NOT in the same plane as the steering wheel's axle. Specifically, each wheel's axle should be behind its pivot axis, where "behind" is referenced in terms of the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: Rack and Pinion Steering
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(...) <plant tongue in cheek> Bicycles also implement an "active buck" mode of Darwinian selection. If you ride your bicycle in hands-off mode and tilt the bicycle slightly by shifting your centre of gravity, the wheel will turn. Outside of the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Rack and Pinion Steering
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Ralph Hempel <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message news:000001bf263e$d7...@pro150... (...) axis (...) in (...) special (...) the (...) swivels (...) which, (...) pushes the (...) (downward (...) are (...) of (...) shocks, (...) intended (...) rider (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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