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+package com.team766.robot.mechanisms;
+
+import com.revrobotics.CANSparkMax;
+import com.revrobotics.SparkMaxAbsoluteEncoder;
+import com.revrobotics.SparkMaxAbsoluteEncoder.Type;
+import com.revrobotics.SparkMaxPIDController;
+import com.team766.config.ConfigFileReader;
+import com.team766.framework.Mechanism;
+import com.team766.hal.MotorController;
+import com.team766.hal.RobotProvider;
+
+public class Shoulder extends Mechanism{
+
+
+	private double kF;
+	private double kP;
+	private double kI; // will most likley be 0
+	private double kD;
+
+	private double setpoint;
+	private double allowedError;
+
+	private double maxSpeed;
+	private double minSpeed;
+	private double maxAccel;
+	private double maxVel;
+
+	public MotorController shoulderHallMotor = RobotProvider.instance.getMotor("shoulder"); // public for changing brake/coast mode without using a method
+	private CANSparkMax shoulderCanSparkMax = (CANSparkMax) shoulderHallMotor;
+	private SparkMaxPIDController shoulderPIDController = shoulderCanSparkMax.getPIDController();
+
+	public MotorController shoulderHallMotor2 = RobotProvider.instance.getMotor("shoulder2"); // public for changing brake/coast mode without using a method
+	private CANSparkMax shoulderCanSparkMax2 = (CANSparkMax) shoulderHallMotor2;
+
+
+	private static final double MAX_POSITION = 0; // figure it out
+	private static final double MIN_POSITION = 0; // figure it out
+
+	private static final double conePosition = 0; // figure it out
+	private static final double cubePosition = 0; // figure it out
+	private static final double restingPosition = 0; // figure it out
+
+
+	public Shoulder() {
+		kF = ConfigFileReader.getInstance().getDouble("shoulder.kF").get();
+		kP = ConfigFileReader.getInstance().getDouble("shoulder.kP").get();
+		kI = ConfigFileReader.getInstance().getDouble("shoulder.kI").get();
+		kD = ConfigFileReader.getInstance().getDouble("shoulder.kD").get();
+
+		allowedError = ConfigFileReader.getInstance().getDouble("shoulder.allowedError").get();
+
+		maxSpeed = ConfigFileReader.getInstance().getDouble("shoulder.maxSpeed").get();
+		minSpeed = ConfigFileReader.getInstance().getDouble("shoulder.minSpeed").get();
+		maxAccel = ConfigFileReader.getInstance().getDouble("shoulder.maxAccel").get();
+		maxVel = ConfigFileReader.getInstance().getDouble("shoulder.maxVel").get();
+
+		shoulderPIDController.setP(kP);
+		shoulderPIDController.setI(kI);
+		shoulderPIDController.setD(kD);
+		shoulderPIDController.setFF(kF);
+		shoulderPIDController.setOutputRange(minSpeed, maxSpeed);
+		shoulderPIDController.setSmartMotionMaxVelocity(maxVel, 0);
+		shoulderPIDController.setSmartMotionMaxAccel(maxAccel, 0);
+		shoulderPIDController.setSmartMotionMinOutputVelocity(0, 0);
+
+
+		shoulderPIDController.setSmartMotionAllowedClosedLoopError(allowedError, 0);
+		shoulderCanSparkMax1.getEncoder().setPosition(0); //reset to 0 at beginning.
+		shoulderCanSparkMax2.getEncoder().setPosition(0); //reset to 0 at beginning.
+		shoulderCanSparkMax2.follow(shoulderCanSparkMax1, true);
+	}
+
+
+	public void setPosition(final double position){
+		setpoint = position;
+	}
+
+	//should be called AOAP
+	public void run(){
+		shoulderPIDController.setReference(setpoint, com.revrobotics.ControlType.kPosition);
+	}
+	
+}