Driver Control
The driver control program allows you to drive your robot as well as test and configure your own creations. In order to use driver control, first make sure your robot’s brain is on. (please note: you must also connect your robot’s brain to the remote control by using a tether cable) Do this by pressing the check mark on your robot's brain.
Connect any combination of up to 12 Smart Port devices to the Robot Brain, which can then be controlled by built-in programs or programmed via a computer and compatible software program. In addition to using pre-programmed instructions, VEX IQ robots can be controlled by drivers using the Controller. Like the V5 System, the VEX ARM® Cortex®-based Microcontroller, VEXnet Joystick and VEXnet Key 2.0 each contain its own firmware. To update this firmware, you will need to download the VEXnet Firmware Upgrade Utility, the VEXnet Key 2.0 Firmware Upgrade Utility and the VEXnet Serial USB Driver. VRC, VEX U, VAIC legal. Give your driver the chance to see things from the robot's perspective. The Vision Sensor is capable of detecting up to 7 colors at once, including multi-colored objects. Connect a phone or tablet to the V5 Robot Brain through built-in WiFi to stream a live feed of your robot's view to your device. (1) VEX Robotics Construction Kit and Cortex Controller Figure 1: Chassis of the VEX Robot Figure 2: Ultrasonic Sensor To program the VEX Robots, the ROBOTC Integrated Development Environment (IDE)7, which is designed for VEX hardware, was utilized. The programming language is a simplified version of C language. Recently there have been a lot of VEX radio controllers that have popped up for sale at various surplus electronics stores and on ebay. For $20-30, you could pick up a pretty solid remote control that had built in functions for trim and firmware to do other fancy controller mapping.
Next, make sure you have driver control highlighted and press the check mark once again. Then select “Run” and confirm. This should allow you to drive the robot.
Note: Driver Control is a default tool that you are only allowed to use to test your robot. You must program your own remote control in order to play the VEX IQ game.
Motors must be plugged into the following ports:
- Port 1: Left Drive Motor
- Controlled by the left Joystick
- Port 4: Motor
- Controlled by the buttons (R up and R down)
- Port 5: Motor
- Controlled by the buttons (F up and F down)
- Port 6: Right Drive Motor
- Controlled by the right Joystick
- Port 10: Motor
- Controlled by the buttons (L up and L down)
- Port 11: Motor
- Controlled by the buttons (E up and E down)
Practice driving the robot! Remember to take turns and share the remote with your team mate. Make sure everyone gets a turn with driving the robot.
Try using your newly built base bot to play the game! Familiarize yourself with the rules and test out what you are able to do with your base bot. Try playing a game and see how well you and your teammates do with your current robot.
Vex Robotics Port Devices Driver Updater
Make a pros and cons chart for your robot. List some possible room for improvements and place this in your engineering notebook.