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Re: Unique ways of controlling your robot (driving)

We use one joystick.

Having mechanums, we can move in any direction. Being of the video game generation, I had it programmed like a helicopter. Forward is forward, back is back, left is a left straife, right is a right straife, twist left is a left rotation, twist right is a right rotation. It makes a bunch of intuitive sense. You can think of it as a helicoper or think of it as a first person shooter. We use a Saitek Avaitor USB joystick, attached to a USB chicklet. The top buttons are for the launch, arm pick up, and arm drop.

More techie description:
+Y = Forwards
-Y = Backwards
+X = Right Straife
-X = Left Straife
+Z = Right twist (right turn)
-Z = Left twist