How Do you get Two Motor Groups to move simultaneously in auton?

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#1

I’m using this code rn but it’s causing it to spin one for the time then the next, would I have to set all the motors into a auton specific motor group? Here’s the code I’m currently using that doesn’t work.
RightDrive.setVelocity(100, percent);
LeftDrive.setVelocity(100, percent);
RightDrive.rotateFor(reverse, 42, rotationUnits::rev) && LeftDrive.rotateFor(reverse, 42, rotationUnits::rev);

Is there a way to control two separate motor groups at once?
#2

does one motor spin then another?

#3

RightDrive.setVelocity(100, percent);
LeftDrive.setVelocity(100, percent);
RightDrive.rotateFor(reverse, 42, rotationUnits::rev) && LeftDrive.rotateFor(reverse, 42, rotationUnits::rev, false);
leftDrive.rotateFor(reverse, 42, rotationUnits::rev) && LeftDrive.rotateFor(reverse, 42, rotationUnits::rev, false);

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#4

yes, one spins then the next.

#5

I believe there may be a typo here, you have an open parenthesis, that won’t work in v5 code pro.

#6

A motor can be part of multiple motor groups

motor frontLeft(PORT1);
motor backLeft(PORT2);
motor_group leftDrive(frontLeft, backLeft);

motor frontRight(PORT3);
motor backRight(PORT4);
motor_group rightDrive(frontRight, backRight);

motor_group driveMotors(frontLeft, backLeft, frontRight, backRight);
driveMotors.setVelocity(100, percent);
driveMotors.spinFor(reverse, 42, rotationUnits::rev);
#7

the issue is turning, we need to be able to control the two sides of the drive to be able to turn without moving the bot’s center

#8

The robot.spinFor function (and other motor functions) has a 5th optional parameter called waitForCompletion. If you set this to false then your code won’t wait for the motor to stop moving. This allows you to do something like this:

Right.spinFor(-180, degrees, 90, percent, false);
Left.spinFor(180, degrees, 90, percent);

This will spin them both at the same time, and continue with your code after the left motor finishes

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