The robot we've been programming and making has many behaviors, but some end up with the robot on the other side of the room. We've also got a neat camera with some visual feedback available on what the robot is doing. Wouldn't it be neat to take control and drive the robot sometimes? In this chapter, we will see how. We will build a control system that includes our visual control for the robot.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• When speech control won't work – why we need to drive
• Choosing a control pad – what we are going to use to drive the robot, and why
• Preparing the Raspberry Pi for remote driving – how to get the basic driving system going
• Upgrading the menu and display code for full headless – integrating the driving with display and menu
• Making it start when the Pi starts – using systemd to get our menu system to start automatically