Track

From BEAM Robotics Wiki

The BEAM Glossary says:

Track: A belt & wheels assembly used for locomotion

Track: The distance between wheels sharing a common axis

• A term that is most often used when referring to the act of attempting to locate and follow a sensory stimulus
  • Heads, Photovores, Line trackers
    
    
  • Wikipedia Article: Tracking (hunting)

Also see: Tracking

• May also be used when referring to the belt & wheels assembly used to provide locomotion for a tank-like or bulldozer-like robot (Also see:Treads)
  • Wikipedia Article:Continuous track
  • Wikipedia Article: Kégresse track

• May also be used when referring to the distance between the center of the left wheel and the center of the right wheel on the same axle or, which shares a common axis.
  • Wikipedia Stub: Axle_track
  • Wikipedia Article: Wheelbase