A Robot Skills project runs from the Competition Template, the same template used in a real match. How you set it up depends on which type of Robot Skills Match you are testing.
For Driver Skills, there are options. You can use the default Drive Program already on your robot, or you can write your own code and run it from the Driver Control section of the Competition Template.
Autonomous Coding Skills works a little differently. The Competition Template is required for an Autonomous Coding Skills Match. There's no default program to fall back on, so your code has to go in the Autonomous section of the template.
Need to create your project in the Competition Template? See these articles to learn more:
- Using the Blocks Competition Template in VEXcode V5
- Using the Python Competition Template in VEXcode V5
You can run a Robot Skills Match from the VEX V5 Controller using these steps.
Driver Skills
Driver Skills runs the code in your project's Driver Control section of the Competition Template. You can test it using your own Competition Template project or the default Drive Program that comes installed on the V5 Brain.
Using Your Own Competition Project
Turn on the V5 Controller and make sure it is connected to the robot.
Use the ▶ button on the controller to navigate to Programs. Then press A to enter the Programs menu.
Use the ◀ and ▶ buttons on the controller to navigate to which project you want to use. Then press A to select that project.
Use the ▶ button on the controller to navigate to Competition. Then press A to enter the Competition menu.
From the Competition menu, select Driver Skills.
On the confirmation page, press the A button to start running the project as a Driver Skills project.
The V5 Controller vibrates as it counts down from 3, then starts the project on a 1-minute timer.
To stop a Skills project before the 1-minute timer ends, press, hold, and release the controller's power button.
Using the Default Drive Program
If you have not created your own project, you can run Driver Skills using the default Drive program installed on the V5 Brain.
From the home screen, press A to select the Drive program.
Use the ▶ button on the controller to navigate to Competition. Then press A to enter the Competition menu.
Press the A button to go into Driver Skills.
Press A on the confirmation screen to start the countdown to the 1-minute timer.
Autonomous Coding Skills
Autonomous Coding Skills runs the code in the Autonomous section of your Competition template.
Turn on the V5 Controller and make sure it is connected to the robot.
Use the ▶ button on the controller to navigate to Programs. Then press A to enter the Programs menu.
Use the ◀ and ▶ buttons on the controller to navigate to which project you want to use. Then press A to select that project.
Use the ▶ button on the controller to navigate to Competition. Then press A to enter the Competition menu.
From the Competition menu, select Programming Skills.
On the confirmation page, press the A button to start running the project as an Autonomous Coding Skills project.
The V5 Controller vibrates as it counts down from 3, then starts the project on a 1-minute timer.
To stop a Skills project before the 1-minute timer ends, press, hold, and release the controller's power button.