Learn | VEX Education

Before you can drive the BaseBot in the 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. Follow the steps below to learn how to run the Driver Control program on the Brain.

Press the checkmark to select the highlighted Drive program.

Press the checkmark again to run the program.

IQ Brain screen selecting the Run button for the Driver Control program

As the program is running, the Brain's screen will look like this image.

To stop the program, select the x button.

IQ Brain's screen selecting the x button to stop the program from running

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.

Press the checkmark to select the highlighted Drive program.

Use the arrows to highlight the "Controls" option.

Navigate to the Controls option on the IQ Brain screen using the left and right arrows

Press the checkmark to select the highlighted Controls option.

Select the Controls option on the IQ Brain's screen by selecting the check button

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
	Left Arcade Drive the BaseBot forward, reverse, left, and right all using the left joystick.
	Right Arcade Drive the BaseBot forward, reverse, left, and right all using the right joystick.
	Split Arcade Drive the BaseBot left and right using the left joystick, and forward and reverse using the right joystick.
	Tank Drive Drive the left motor of the BaseBot using the left joystick, and the right motor of the BaseBot using the right joystick.

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 >

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