== Gear Needed To develop and run robot software you will need: * A training robot such as one of 2537's [wiki://ControlSystems/SoftwareTeam/Robots peanut training robots] OR[[BR]] A robot simulator such as [https://synthesis.autodesk.com/ BXD Synthesis] (training examples for Synthesis are coming soon) * A laptop running Windows 7, 8, or 10. The laptop should be setup as described [wiki:ControlSystems/SoftwareTeam/Training/GettingStarted/LaptopSetup here]. [[BR]]Note: you can do most things on a !Mac/Linux machine but you can only drive a real robot using a Windows laptop. * A controller to drive your robot: either a USB [https://www.amazon.com/PXN-PRO-2113-Professional-Controller/dp/B01JY0RAW2 Joystick] OR a USB [https://www.walmart.com/ip/Microsoft-Xbox-360-Wired-Controller/981581510 Xbox Controller] or a clone or a [https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-940-000110-Gamepad-F310/dp/B003VAHYQY Logitech F310 game controller] * Optional: USB [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0769GFWCZ A-B cable]