Page 24 - Changing Velocity
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Changing Velocity
VEX IQ Smart Motors can be programmed to spin or drive at many different velocities. If you
have programmed your robot to drive or turn before, you probably did it with the default
velocity. The default velocity is the velocity that the Smart Motors turn at automatically - if you
don’t add any type of block for setting the velocity. The default velocity is 50% of the
maximum velocity. The maximum velocity is 100%.
The blocks for setting velocity are important because you might want your robot to drive or
turn faster or slower. For example, you might be racing against another robot and want your
robot to drive as fast as possible. Or, you might want your robot to drive or turn more slowly
like when it has to carefully complete a task like moving through a maze.
