Steering Motor and Rear Wheels

Steering of the robot is accomplished using a standard RC servo motor attached to the rear wheels. Read the assembly summary while viewing the drawings.

Summary:

￿￿ Bend both 4” wires into steering linkages with pliers using the drawing as a pattern.

￿￿ Attach the horn to the steering motor with a screw. Turn the horn in both directions to determine the center position. In the center position, the horn should be oriented like the drawing shows.

￿￿ Mount the steering motor to the robot body per the drawing.

￿￿ Mount the rear axles to the robot body using collars. You may have to put 6-32 x 1/4 screws in each collar first.

￿￿ Mount the wheels to the axles using collars.

￿￿ Attach the linkages to the steering motor and to both steering arms.

￿￿ Attach the steering arms to the axles.

￿￿ Straighten the system, put the steering horn in the center of travel, loosen the steering arms and straighten the wheels then retighten the arms.

Full Scale Steering Linkage Pattern

3”

1/4”

1/4”

1/4”1/4”

Steering Motor and Horn

Shown in center position

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Radio Shack Mobile Robot manual Steering Motor and Rear Wheels