Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of SoftwareOverviewControl

Timestamp:

Sep 1, 2017, 7:59:10 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

David Albert

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SoftwareOverviewControl

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 === Teleop Control ===
-When an FRC robot is in Teleop mode, a human driver stands at a Driver Station: a laptop running special software and joysticks or gamepads for controlling the robot's actions; the laptop connects to the robot using a wireless radio.  In many ways, a robot in teleop mode is like a giant, sophisticated remote-control car.
+[[Image(Driver_Station.jpg,30%,nolink,right)]] When an FRC robot is in Teleop mode, a human driver stands at a Driver Station (see picture to right): a laptop running special software and joysticks or gamepads for controlling the robot's actions; the laptop connects to the robot using a wireless radio.  In many ways, a robot in teleop mode is like a giant, sophisticated remote-control car.
 
-The driver station laptop typically displays status information about the robot and can display video streaming from the robot's cameras.  The human driver watches the video and controls the robot using joysticks or a gamepad to remotely drive the robot and operate its mechanisms.
+The driver station laptop typically displays status information about the robot and can display video streaming from the robot's cameras.  The human driver watches the video and controls the robot using joysticks or a gamepad to remotely drive the robot and operate its mechanisms.  The picture to the right shows a driver station ready to run at a competition.  One or two human players will use the joysticks and buttons to control every action of the robot.  Teams typically use [https://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/3120/m/7882/l/85166-driving-the-robot-with-tank-drive-and-joysticks one or two joysticks] to drive the robot; with two joysticks, one controls the left motors and the other the right motors in an arrangement known as ''tank drive''.