Abstract: A floor cleaning or burnishing machine has at least one motor controller electrically connected to a pointing device control, right and left software driven motor control logic units, an electrical power source, and right and left electrical drive motors. These motors are mechanically connected to respective rear steering drive wheels. Rotational speed and direction of each rear wheel is independently controlled, using the pointing device in cooperation with respective control logic units, in either a forward or reverse direction. At any given time, each control logic unit controls a respective motor controller which individually controls the rotational speed and direction of a respective wheel, thereby each wheel is capable of rotating in an opposite direction at a different speed to the other wheel. To slow the machine down, regenerative braking is utilized by operating the motors as generators.