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FTC Explainers

Friendly, hands-on guides to how a gamepad turns into spinning wheels. Pick the drivetrain your robot uses.

2 motors

Two-Motor Arcade Drive

The simplest way to drive: one stick, two motors. Push to go, push sideways to turn. Includes a single-stick and a two-stick version.

joystick basics drive + turn normalizing
Open explainer โ†’
4 motors

Four-Wheel Mecanum Drive

Four motors that can drive, spin, and slide sideways. Learn how the angled rollers make strafing work.

how rollers work drive + strafe + turn the X pattern
Open explainer โ†’

Both guides are written for middle-school drivers — with draggable joysticks that work on phones too.
New here? Start with arcade, then move up to mecanum. // go team ๐Ÿ