Roller racer

A Roller Racer is a human powered vehicle and children's toy.cite web
publisher = The Experimental Nonlinear Physics Group, Dept of Physics, University of Toronto
title = The Physics of the Roller Racer and the Plasma Car
date = 2008
url = http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~smorris/edl/plasmacar/plasmacar.html
accessdate = September 2008] The vehicle consists of a plastic seat with wheels on its bottom, attached to T style handlebars by a pin joint. The handlebars also have wheels, attached to what would be the vertical portion of the "T". In the 1980s the Roller Racer was sold under the WHAM-O brand name [cite web
publisher = www.wham-o.com
title = History of Wham-O
date = 2008
url = http://www.wham-o.com/default.cfm?page=aboutushistory
accessdate = September 2008] , but is now sold by the Mason Corporation. [cite web
publisher = Mason Corporation
title = The Original Roller Racer®
date = 2008
url = http://www.masoncorporation.com/sprv_institutional.html
accessdate = September 2008]

The method of propulsion is what makes this craft unique. fact|date=September 2008 One moves (forward only) by oscillating the handlebars. Propulsion is difficult during turns, so they can be made only while coasting.

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cite journal
last = Krishnaprasad
first = P.S.
authorlink =
coauthors = Tsakiris, Dimitris
title = Oscillations, SE(2)-snakes and motion control: a study of the Roller Racer
journal = Dynamical Systems
volume = 16
issue = 4
pages = 347-397
publisher = Taylor & Francis Group
location =
date = December 2001
url = http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a713662857~db=all
doi = 10.1080/14689360110090424
id =
accessdate =