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06-04-2008, 15:53
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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 |
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