Editing Gamepad (section)

== Non-gaming use ==

[[File:Trent Tresch Submarine Research Dive.jpg|thumb|upright|Trent Tresch piloting the [[OceanGate]] ''Cyclops 1'' using a modified [[List of Logitech products#F710|Logitech F710 Game Controller]].]]
Gamepads or devices closely modelled on them are sometimes used for controlling real machinery and vehicles, as they are familiar to users and (in the case of actual gamepads) provide an off-the-shelf solution. The [[US Army]] and [[US Navy]] use Xbox controllers<ref>
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 | title= From Joysticks to Warfare: Military's Rising Use of Video Game Controllers in Submarines, Tanks
 | date= 20 June 2023
 | url= https://themessenger.com/news/from-joysticks-to-warfare-militarys-rising-use-of-video-game-controllers-in-submarines-tanks
 | url-status= dead
 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230620230215/https://themessenger.com/news/from-joysticks-to-warfare-militarys-rising-use-of-video-game-controllers-in-submarines-tanks
 | archive-date= June 20, 2023
}}
</ref>
for operating devices, and the [[British Army]] uses a device modelled on gamepads to operate systems on the [[Challenger 2]] [[main battle tank]].<ref>
{{cite web
 | title= Real life gaming: How the British Army modelled tank controls on a gamepad
 | date= 14 October 2016
 | url= https://www.techradar.com/news/real-life-gaming-how-the-british-army-modelled-tank-simulation-on-a-games-controller#:~:text=The%20firing%20controls%20inside%20the,grown%20up%20playing%20video%20games
}}
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The [[Titan (submersible)|''Titan'' submersible]] notoriously used a gamepad for control.<ref>
{{cite web
 | url= https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/21/us/inside-missing-titan-submersible-titanic-tour/index.html
 | title= What it was like inside the lost Titanic-touring submersible
 | date= 22 June 2023
}}
</ref>