Using IFI Controller witout Operator System

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Hi, my school is working with something called the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam. Certain schools are chosen to invent some type of machine that will does not currently exist and that has a practical purpose. Our team is building a robotic athletic field striper. To do this we are using the IFI robotics controller. The only problem is that this robot is completely autonomous and it doesn't run by remote control. Currently, the robot won't run unless it has a signal from the operator system (joysticks and such) or if it is tethered to the operator system. We need the robot to run without this, any suggestions? I believe there is code we can edit so that it can run without it. The EDUbot doesn't require anything to be connected so I'm checking out code differences currently but I haven't come up with anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.