Programming 6 motors to work as one

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#1

Hi,

My robot has 6, 296 motors powering 1 lift. How would I go about coding it so that the 6 motors work together? If 1 motor is slightly faster than the other, would that cause the rest of the motors to speed up? Would that break the other motors?

Right now I have this, it’s not much and I’m looking for ideas on how to improve.


void operateLift() 
{
motor[liftMotor1] = 127;
motor[liftMotor2] = 127;
motor[liftMotor3] = 127;
motor[liftMotor4] = 127;
motor[liftMotor5] = 127;
motor[liftMotor6] = 127;
}
#2

Your code is exactly the way to do it. Don’t worry about small variations between motors, it doesn’t matter.

#3

Thanks,

Also…

Would it be wise to directly gear each motor to each other? Or should I use free-spinning gears in between? Would that provide any advantage at all?

#4