Re: Questions about Tracked Robot Vehicles

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From: Robert Tilden
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 15:48

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Hi,
	I've been following the thread on robot navigation with some
interest. I'll be the first to admit that I know very little about the
subject, but I was under the impression that 'idler' wheels were fairly
accurate measures of location. For example, a 'tricycle' type robot
platform with one drive/steering wheel and two idler wheels can, with an
encoder on each of the idler wheels, keep fairly close track of its
location over a range of maneuvers and surfaces. Is this true? What are
situations in which this method fails?

-Bob

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From: tilden@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Robert Tilden)
Subject: Re: Questions about Tracked Robot Vehicles
Message-ID: <1992Apr13.154816.26192@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Keywords: robot accuracy
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