Gamepad

Drive Asimov 1 with a gamepad, either paired to the robot over Bluetooth or connected to your browser.

A gamepad can drive Asimov 1 in two ways, and they behave differently:

	Paired to the robot	Connected to your browser
Connects to	The robot, over Bluetooth	Your computer, over USB or Bluetooth
Needs the Cockpit open	No	Yes, with a session held and the robot in Walk
Lasts	Stays paired between sessions	This page visit only
Controls	Drive, postures and E-Stop	Drive and E-Stop. Postures stay on screen

Either way, the Cockpit's rules apply: the robot moves only in Walk, releasing the stick stops it, and your speed limits cap everything. Read Stand Up and Walk first.

Pair a Gamepad to the Robot

Open Controller in the sidebar. Nearby gamepads appear automatically while the page is open.

Check that the Bluetooth row is on. If it shows Radio blocked or Not responding, select Restart — this drops any connected device.

Put the gamepad in pairing mode, wait for it to appear, and pair it.

Once connected, it shows on the sidebar's device card, and the Cockpit announces it.

The Diagnostics section helps when pairing misbehaves. Asimov Manager treats any Bluetooth device connected to the robot as a gamepad, so disconnect other devices you aren't driving with.

Who Drives

A Cockpit session outranks a paired gamepad; with no session open, the gamepad drives.

While the gamepad drives, the Cockpit shows Gamepad in control. Take Control takes over from it.

While you hold a session, the Cockpit shows Gamepad Detected with an Enable button. Enable ends your session and hands control to the gamepad.

A gamepad connected to your browser shows as Gamepad detected on this computer. Enable arms it for this page visit; it drives only once you hold a session and the robot is in Walk. Disconnecting it or leaving the page disarms it.

Browser Gamepad Controls

These follow the standard gamepad layout:

Control	Xbox	PlayStation	Action
Left stick	Left stick	Left stick	Drive: forward, back and sideways
Bottom face button	`A`	`✕`	Brake: hold for zero velocity
Left bumper	`LB`	`L1`	Turn left
Left trigger	`LT`	`L2`	Turn right
Right trigger	`RT`	`R2`	Turbo: full speed while held, instead of half
Menu button	`☰`	`Options`	E-Stop

Paired Gamepad Controls

The Cockpit's Controller Guide appears whenever a gamepad drives. Dismiss it with its ✕; the ⓘ on the gamepad pill brings it back. It lists:

Control	Action
Left stick	Drive: forward, back and sideways
`L1` / `L2`	Turn left / right
`R2` / `ZR`	Turbo, while held
`✕` / `A`	Brake: hold for zero velocity
`X`	Damp — releases all actuators; the robot must be supported
`A`	Stand
`B`	Walk
`Options` / `☰`	E-Stop

Test the buttons before you drive

The guide mixes button names from different gamepad makers, and lists A for both Brake and Stand. Before your first drive, try each button with the robot supported on its gantry hook, so you know which one brakes and which one changes posture.

E-Stop from a Gamepad

Options / ☰ damps the robot exactly like the console's E-Stop: at once, and a free-standing robot falls. It works even while a dialog is open. To recover, see Recovering After an E-Stop or a Fall.