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Before you can drive the BaseBot in the Drive a Figure Eight challenge, you first need to learn how to drive the BaseBot using the Controller.

Driver Control Program

There is a program already built into the Brain that allows you to drive the BaseBot using the Controller without having to write any code. View the screen recording below and follow along to run the Driver Control program on the Brain.

The steps to open the Driver Control program on the Brain include:

  1. Press the checkmark to select the highlighted Drive program. 
  2. Press the checkmark again to run the program.
  3. To stop the program, select the 'X' button.

Controller Configurations

There are four different configurations of the Driver Control program on the Brain: Left Arcade, Right Arcade, Split Arcade, and Tank drive. Follow the steps below to learn what each of the four configurations are and how to select them on the Brain.

View the screen recording to see how to select a Controller configuration for the Driver Control program on the Brain. The steps include:

  1. Press the checkmark to select the highlighted Drive program.
  2. Use the arrows to highlight the "Controls" option.
  3. Press the checkmark to select the highlighted Controls option.
  4. Toggle through the four different drive options by pressing the checkmark. 

Each of the four driver control options allows you to control the BaseBot using the joysticks in different ways.

Configuration Description Joystick Controls
Brain screen reads Controls at the top, and Left Arcade at the bottom. Shows control of ports 6 and 10 on the left joystick.

Left Arcade

Drive the BaseBot forward, reverse, left, and right all using the left joystick.

Left Arcade joystick diagram for driving forward, reverse, left, and right using the left joystick on the Controller.
Brain screen reads Controls at the top, and Right Arcade at the bottom. Shows control of ports 6 and 10 on the right joystick.

Right Arcade

Drive the BaseBot forward, reverse, left, and right all using the right joystick.

Right Arcade joystick diagram for driving forward, reverse, left, and right using the right joystick on the Controller.
Brain screen reads Controls at the top, and Split Arcade at the bottom. Shows control of ports 6 and 10 split on both joysticks.

Split Arcade

Drive the BaseBot left and right using the left joystick, and forward and reverse using the right joystick.

Joystick diagram for driving with forward and reverse on one joystick, and left and right on the the other.
Brain screen reads Controls at the top, and Tank Drive at the bottom. Shows control of ports 6 and 10 on both joysticks.

Tank Drive

Drive the left motor of the BaseBot using the left joystick, and the right motor of the BaseBot using the right joystick.

Joystick diagram for driving with forward and reverse on both joysticks of the Controller.

 

Check Your Understanding

Before moving on to the Practice section, ensure that you understand the concepts covered on this page by answering the questions in the document below in your engineering notebook. 

Check Your Understanding questions Google Doc / .docx / .pdf

 


Select Next > to practice using the driver control programs with your BaseBot.