using drivebase as a sensor?

[jediforri]

Is there a way to use drivebase and measure when the wheels are having trouble (e.g. they have hit a wall)?
As drivebase_instance.straight() is synchronous, I am not sure how to measure the wheel motors when in this call.
Thank you!

[laurensvalk]

Are you using Python coding? You can set the wait parameter in straight to False, so that your code continues without waiting for the movement to finish. Here is an example for single motors - it is similar for drive bases.

Instead of wait for two motors to complete as in that example, you could wait until drivebase_instance.done() as well as something like the time being done, or perhaps the wheel speed being slowed down. And then decide to stop.