Swing turn

A swing turn is where a vehicle swings around a pivot point, as shown in Figure 5-15. A swing turn can be achieved by driving one motor forward or backward, while turning off the other motor. The turn type can be either forward swing turn left, backward swing turn left, forward swing turn right, or backward swing turn right:

Figure 5-15: Turning paths for swing turn. Image credits: Courtesy of  Plololu (https://www.pololu.com). Image edited for demonstration the action

The pseudo code can be written for forward swing turn left (Figure 5-16), backward swing turn left (Figure 5-17) , forward swing turn right (Figure 5-18), and backward ...

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