Control System Components

The robot control system consists of many components that must work in concert to control the robot. The components include:

• the battery
• electrical power distribution system (see: ​PDP and ​VRM FAQs)
• environmental sensors
• actuator (e.g. motor) controllers (see: ​FAQ)
• the central computer that runs the software that orchestrates everything the robot does.

FIRST provides an ​overview of the major components of the control system including:

• ​roboRIO on-board computer (​FAQ)
• ​Web dashboard
• ​Remote Driver Station (laptop and joysticks)
• ​Video camera(s) used for streaming video
• ​radio that provides the wireless link between the Driver Station and the robot
• Environment sensors
• ​Actuator (e.g. motor) controllers (​FAQ)