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Re: Kit Gear Tooth Sensor, rotation and where to get more

You don't necessarily know the direction that the motor is spinning. As a first approximation, you do, but when you are reversing direction, or being pushed, you can be applying power to have the motor go one direction and actually have the wheels, and therefore your encoders, be spinning in the other direction.