diff --git a/The-FTC-Control-System.md b/The-FTC-Control-System.md index 227f3ca..8ac58c1 100644 --- a/The-FTC-Control-System.md +++ b/The-FTC-Control-System.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ### About the _FIRST_ Tech Challenge The _FIRST_ Tech Challenge seeks to inspire youth to become the next generation of STEM leaders and innovators through participation in mentor-guided robotics competition. Teams who participate in the _FIRST_ Tech Challenge must build a robot that performs a variety of tasks. The tasks vary from season to season, and are based on a set of game rules that are published at the start of each season. The more tasks that a robot can complete, the more points a team will earn. -


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(Photo courtesy of Dan Donovan, ©2017 Dan Donovan / www.dandonovan.com)

### Autonomous vs. Driver-Controlled A _FIRST_ Tech Challenge match has an _autonomous_ phase and a _driver-controlled_ or _"tele-operated"_ phase. In the autonomous phase of a match the robot operates without any human input or control. In the driver-controlled phase, the robot can receive input from up to two human drivers. @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ A _FIRST_ Tech Challenge match has an _autonomous_ phase and a _driver-controlle ### Point-to-Point Control System The _FIRST_ Tech Challenge uses Android devices to control its robots. During a competition, each team has two Android devices. -

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One Android device is mounted onto the robot and is called the _Robot Controller_. The Robot Controller acts as the “brains” of the robot. It does all of the thinking for the robot and tells the robot what to do. It consists of an Android device running an FTC Robot Controller app. There are two hardware options currently being used: REV Robotics Expansion Hub or the REV Robotics Control Hub.