Control Guide[]
RoboCo is a fairly complicated game and requires you to learn a series of basic commands. The most common commands are listed here. You can also find them by clicking the Hints button RoboCo's interface.
Rotate Camera | Right Mouse Button |
Zoom Camera | Scroll Wheel |
Move Camera | [W][A][S][D] |
Pan Camera | Middle Mouse Button |
Focus Camera | [F] (with part selected) |
Focus + Zoom Camera | Double-tap [F] (with part selected) |
Reset Camera | [Home] |
Remove Part | [Control]+Left Mouse Button |
Duplicate Part | [Control]+[D] (with part selected) |
Translate Tool | Move parts in the environment or in the robot |
Rotate Tool | Rotate parts in the environment or in the robot |
Change Joint | Mouseover or Select Joints using [Q] and [E] to cycle through joint types and [Delete] to clear. |
Remove Parts | [Delete] (with part(s) selected) |
Rotate Selection | [Alt]+Left Mouse Button (with part(s) selected) |
Rotate Snap | [R] (while placing a part) |
Place Duplicate | [Shift] (while placing a part) |
Multiselect | [Shift] + Left Mouse Button |
Select Connected | Left Mouse Button (Double Click) |
Box Select | Click and drag to select multiple parts. Hold [Shift] to additively select. |
Group Selected Parts | [G] |
Ungroup Selected Parts | [U] |
Undo | [Control] + [Z] |
Redo | [Control] + [Y] |
Hide UI | [`] |
Enter Active Mode | [Space] |
Robot Controls | Default Controls (Left Hand)
[W] [A] [S] [D] [Q] [E] Default Controls (Right Hand) [I] [J] [K] [L] [U] [O] (hold [L Shift] to move motors at half speed) |
Switch Transmitters | [1] [2] [3] … [8] [9] [0] |
Default Robot Controls[]
By default, RoboCo has pre-set robot controls for Left and Right hand. These controls can be edited to your preference.
Left Hand | Right Hand |
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The Left Hand uses W, S, A, D, E, and Q | The Right Hand uses I, K, J, L, U, and O. |
Setting Custom Robot Controls[]
Steps | Visual |
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Use this button to name your custom control scheme. | |
To map a custom key to a part function, click Add New. | |
First, select a part and the action you want that part to take. In this case, we’ve selected the DC motor and chosen Spin Forward as the action. | |
Clicking the Ellipses next to my new Action, you can now rename the action and map it to any key you want. |