Using gaming controllers for anything other than gaming ?
Wondering if anyone has experimented with using controllers (PS/xbox/other) to do anything other than gaming ?
ColdWater, 
They use it to control a submarine
johannesvanderwhales, Not for long, though.
monsterpiece42, For sale: Logitech submarine controller, lifetime warranty.
bjoern_tantau, 
Disneyland uses Steam Decks to remote control droids in Star Wars land.
Vilian, ukraine was doing the same but to kill russians lol
KISSmyOSFeddit, “These blast points, too accurate for Russians”
Hello_there, Operating parts of multi million dollar navy ships, according to articles. Not joking
GammaGames, Also submarines, when heading down to see the Titanic
fogstormberry, I wonder how many spares they keep around
KISSmyOSFeddit, And if you always get the shitty broken one until you’re a corporal.
ILikeBoobies, Because they’re designed for controlling and people are familiar with them/can learn easily
Also helps standardize when taking bids from multiple companies
toototabon, 
mocha_lotsofmilk, I heard they are great for killing billionaires in experimental deep sea rigs
Catoblepas, Controllers in shoddily constructed deep sea rigs don’t kill people, billionaires piloting with controllers in shoddily constructed deep sea rigs kill people!
tetris11, 
and so does microsoft , woo woo wooo
Interstellar_1, 
They can be quite useful in hobbyist robotics
intensely_human, Actually yes.
I worked on a crew building pole barns in Colorado. For anyone unaware you basically dig a bunch of holes, set wooden columns in them and pour concrete around them, then hang the rest of the structure off those columns.
We had a dude that swore by the xbox 360 controller. We tried to get him to use a framing hammer to drive his nails but he would only use that 360 controller.
We also did a lot of acid. If you see a weird barn in Colorado, look for the microsoft logo pressed into the wood next to the siding nails.
jsomae, So he literally, physically hammered the xbox controller into the nail?
intensely_human, He hammered the nails into the boards
Cwilliams, For FRC robotics competitions, we use Xbox controllers to control the robot
Ginger666, Fire up halo 1
Get in the gunner seat of warthog
Tape right trigger down
Profit
Wootz, OP asked for uses other than gsming.
Ginger666, Thats cumming
Cumming is not gaming
FeelThePower, 
playstation and Xbox controllers make good Kodi/XBMC remotes for a laptop connected to a TV.
packadal, Gave a presentation last year, using a joy con as a remote for switching slides.
Nice thing is you can have mouse with the joystick as well
Honytawk, All a controller is is just some buttons on a wire in a portable form factor.
If you want to use it for Excel, you can.
I used one on a Raspberry Pi to drive a self build remote car wirelessly.
runner_g, I’ve seen some people on YouTube use them to control their CNC.
Anarki_, (edited ) They are the OG electric vibrators for people who can’t buy vibrators.
blindsight, A vibrator was one of the very first patented electrical devices. 1880. It predates the first patent for the first electric iron by a decade.
Anarki_, I didn’t know this!
Aggravationstation, Haven’t actually done it yet but I’m going to buy myself a Teensy for my birthday next month, set up headless M8 on it and control it through my Steamdeck.
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