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Re: Homing with the IR Tower
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:45:05 GMT
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> All you need is to put a differential between the wheels.
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> If those wheels need to have traction, all you have to do is to apply the
> force to the differential itself and the differential will distribute the
> traction for the two wheels like a real car.
Maybe I did not phrase my problem clearly. It's better described in Jon
Shemitz's recent post <http://www.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=5804>.
In my experience, wheels are more efficient than treads. Under the same load,
my wheel-based design outrun my tread-based design. However, without a
steering mechanism, the "corner" wheels will produce significant sideway drag
while the robot is turning in place. How does a differential gear solve this
problem?
(This problem does not occur on the two- or three-wheel designs. However,
these designs are usually not very stable.)
Cheers,
Hao-yang Wang
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| (...) All you need is to put a differential between the wheels. If those wheels need to have traction, all you have to do is to apply the force to the differential itself and the differential will distribute the traction for the two wheels like a (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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