Abstract
Steering is one of the important systems of an automobile. Ackermann mechanism is popularly used in all the automobiles. Though advances such as power steering have been taking place in providing steering to automobiles, the basic mechanism is Ackermann mechanism only. The Ackermann mechanism does not provide perfect steering conditions. However, it is popular because it involves only revolute pairs in the mechanism. In this paper an attempt is made to propose a new steering mechanism which is simpler than Ackermann mechanism and provides perfect steering always.
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Venkatachalam, R., Padma Rao, A. (2012). Development of a New Steering Mechanism for Automobiles. In: Dai, J., Zoppi, M., Kong, X. (eds) Advances in Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots I. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4141-9_20
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