Problems with Error at Differential Drive

Hi there again,
Sorry for posting so much stuff but I have been spending a long time coding this stuff and this keeps coming up now if anyone is able to help that would be awesome

Error at edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.MotorSafety.check(MotorSafety.java:101): DifferentialDrive... Output not updated often enough.
Error at edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.MotorSafety.check(MotorSafety.java:101): DifferentialDrive... Output not updated often enough.
Error at edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.MotorSafety.check(MotorSafety.java:101): DifferentialDrive... Output not updated often enough.
Error at edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.MotorSafety.check(MotorSafety.java:101): DifferentialDrive... Output not updated often enough.

Also when I ran a simulator on the robot this started to happen

ng at edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.IterativeRobotBase.printLoopOverrunMessage(IterativeRobotBase.java:309): Loop time of 0.02s overrun

This is the code for what we got any help would be awesome.

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/* Copyright (c) 2017-2018 FIRST. All Rights Reserved.                        */

/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */

/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */

/* the project.                                                               */

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

package frc.robot;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.TimedRobot;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.smartdashboard.SendableChooser;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.smartdashboard.SmartDashboard;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Talon;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Joystick;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.CameraServer;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Timer;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.drive.DifferentialDrive;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.XboxController;

/**

 * The VM is configured to automatically run this class, and to call the

 * functions corresponding to each mode, as described in the TimedRobot

 * documentation. If you change the name of this class or the package after

 * creating this project, you must also update the build.gradle file in the

 * project.

 */

public class Robot extends TimedRobot {

  private static final String kDefaultAuto = "Default";

  private static final String kCustomAuto = "My Auto";

  private String m_autoSelected;

  private final SendableChooser<String> m_chooser = new SendableChooser<>();

  

  // Talon Controls 

  private Talon shoot = new Talon (1);

  private Talon intake = new Talon (3);

  private Talon Drive = new Talon (4);

  

  private Talon Polocord = new Talon (2);

  // Joystick Controls

  private final Joystick bigJ = new Joystick(1);

  private final XboxController xBox = new XboxController(0);

  // Timer

  public Timer time = new Timer();

  

  // Constraints for the Joystick

  private final double deadZone = 0.05;

  // Diffrential Drive

 private final DifferentialDrive move = new DifferentialDrive(new Talon(6),new Talon(7));

// Safety offline

  /**

   * This function is run when the robot is first started up and should be

   * used for any initialization code.

   */

  @Override

  public void robotInit() {

    

    // Chooser Code

    

    m_chooser.setDefaultOption("Default Auto", kDefaultAuto);

    m_chooser.addOption("Blue 1", kCustomAuto);

    m_chooser.addOption("Blue 2", kCustomAuto);

    m_chooser.addOption("Blue 3", kCustomAuto);

    m_chooser.addOption("Red 1", kCustomAuto);

    m_chooser.addOption("Red 2",kCustomAuto);

    m_chooser.addOption("Red 3", kCustomAuto);

    SmartDashboard.putData("Auto choices", m_chooser);

    // Camera Server

    CameraServer.getInstance().startAutomaticCapture();

    // Data for motos

    SmartDashboard.putNumber("DrivePower",0.82);

    SmartDashboard.putNumber("ShootPower",0.5);

    SmartDashboard.putNumber("IntakePower",.5);

    SmartDashboard.putNumber("PolyCord",0.6);

  }

  /**

   * This function is called every robot packet, no matter the mode. Use

   * this for items like diagnostics that you want ran during disabled,

   * autonomous, teleoperated and test.

   *

   * <p>This runs after the mode specific periodic functions, but before

   * LiveWindow and SmartDashboard integrated updating.

   */

  @Override

  public void robotPeriodic() {

  }

  /**

   * This autonomous (along with the chooser code above) shows how to select

   * between different autonomous modes using the dashboard. The sendable

   * chooser code works with the Java SmartDashboard. If you prefer the

   * LabVIEW Dashboard, remove all of the chooser code and uncomment the

   * getString line to get the auto name from the text box below the Gyro

   *

   * <p>You can add additional auto modes by adding additional comparisons to

   * the switch structure below with additional strings. If using the

   * SendableChooser make sure to add them to the chooser code above as well.

   */

  @Override

  public void autonomousInit() {

    m_autoSelected = m_chooser.getSelected();

    // m_autoSelected = SmartDashboard.getString("Auto Selector", kDefaultAuto);

    System.out.println("Auto selected: " + m_autoSelected);

  }

  /**

   * This function is called periodically during autonomous.

   */

  @Override

  public void autonomousPeriodic() {

  }

  /**

   * This function is called periodically during operator control.

   */

  @Override

  public void teleopPeriodic() {

    // ALL THE POWER

    final double drivePower = SmartDashboard.getNumber("DrivePower",0.85);

    final double intakePower = SmartDashboard.getNumber("IntakePower",0.9);

    final double shootPower = SmartDashboard.getNumber("ShootPower",0.9);

    final double polocordPower = SmartDashboard.getNumber("PolocordPower",0.6);

    
    

    // The Safety Captian should not look at this section

    

    intake.setSafetyEnabled(false);

    shoot.setSafetyEnabled(false);

    Polocord.setSafetyEnabled(false);

    Drive.setSafetyEnabled(false);

    if(xBox.getAButton() == true){

      Polocord.set(polocordPower);

    }else{

      Polocord.set(0);

    }

    if(xBox.getBButton() == true){

      shoot.set(shootPower);

    }else{

      shoot.set(0);

    }

    if(xBox.getXButton() == true){

      intake.set(intakePower);

    }else{

      intake.set(intakePower);

    }

    

   

   if(Math.abs(bigJ.getY()) > deadZone || Math.abs(bigJ.getX()) > deadZone){

     move.arcadeDrive(bigJ.getY()*drivePower, bigJ.getX()*drivePower);

      

   }

// this is old scripts but are no longer current due to us trying a diffrent method

    // Polycord Script 

/*

    if(xBox.getRawButton(0) == true) {

      Polocord.set(polocordPower);

    }else{

      Polocord.set(0);

    }

    

    // Shooting 

    

    if (xBox.getRawButton(5) == true){

      shoot.set(shootPower);

    }else{

      shoot.set(0);

    }

    

    // Intake

    

    if (xBox.getRawButton(4) == true || xBox.getRawButton == true){

      intake.set(intakePower);

    }else{

      intake.set(0);

    }

    if(Math.abs(bigJ.getY()) > deadZone || Math.abs(bigJ.getX()) > deadZone){

      move.arcadeDrive(bigJ.getY()*drivePower,bigJ.getX()*drivePower);

    }

*/

  }

  /**

   * This function is called periodically during test mode.

   */

  @Override

  public void testPeriodic() {

  }

}

First thing, I’m not a safety captain, but I strongly encourage you to keep the motor safety enabled on your drive train. A rogue robot can be very, I repeat, VERY dangerous.

Now, this part:

if(Math.abs(bigJ.getY()) > deadZone || Math.abs(bigJ.getX()) > deadZone){
     move.arcadeDrive(bigJ.getY()*drivePower, bigJ.getX()*drivePower);
}

Following this logic, the arcade drive output will be updated when the joystick is out of the dead-zone, which is awesome, but you should also update it with zeros when in the dead-zone by including an else clause. Such as:

else {
    move.arcadeDrive(0.0, 0.0);
}
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this keeps coming up now if anyone is able to help that would be awesome

In what mode is the robot when this comes up?

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