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Re: Unique ways of controlling your robot (driving)
My favorite form of driving the base of the robot so far has been double joysticks, because it gives a great deal of control, in my opinion. This year, however, we went with a single joystick with the idea that it would leave my other hand free for some push button semi-automatic controls such as u-turns and lane shifting. That hasn't panned out (yet) but with a little bit of work we've gotten our controls working decently well, the single joystick needs a little more tweaking than dual joysticks.
Our joystick itself was fairly unique though(one of a kind as far as I know), what with being a weighted companion cube.
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