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This year, we used the circuit board from a Logitech gamepad to run a modified pistol-grip RC car controller for the driver and a custom control box for the operator.

This system worked very well for letting the drivers control the robot, but we had some trouble with the gamepad electronics, since they're really designed to control a gamepad and nothing else. Next year, we'll probably use the pistol grip controller again, but with something like the eStop Custom Control Interface instead.