This chart is an attempt to help a beginner understand how the inner components of a BBIQ robot work together. It’s very basic and brief, but it’s a good place to start.

				Batteries
1 Joystick Operator Interface * Modem *	2 Data	3 Robot Controller * Motherboard *		4 Speed Controller Speed Controller		Mobility Drive
						Weapon Drive
Operator		Robot

* These are the four components included in an IFI Isaac 16 System Bundle, which is required by BBIQ for safety reasons.

1 An operator controls the robot via command signals generated by various types of control devices. One of the most popular is a joystick. The operator control device plugs into the IFI "Operator Interface" (OI) which is plugged to the "Radio Modem" (RM) transceiver.

2 Data is sent from the RM to the "Radio Controller" (RC) through the air via radio waves. Helpful performance data is also sent back to the OI.

3 The "Motherboard" (MB) is the brains of the group. It translates the information/data from the RC and distributes the operator’s various commands to the appropriate component, such as a speed controller for mobility drive, a speed controller for a weapon, or a solenoid for pneumatics.

4 High amp discharge batteries are wired to the electronic speed controllers (ESC). The ESC receives full battery power but distributes to a component only the amount dictated by the operator, i.e. fast or slow, up or down, left or right.