move_linear()

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Move the robot in linear direction, for a given distance [meters].

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Arguments	Type	Default value
distance	float		The distance of movement, in meters [m]. If distance is negative, the robot will move backwards
x_velocity	float		Forward velocity, in meters per second [m/s]. Value must be positive
callback	func	None	If you define a callback, it will be called when the movement finishes.
wait	bool	false	Wait until the movement finishes before moving to next line of code.

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Exception	Condition
`RayaWrongArgument`	Distance is not positive.
`RayaAlreadyMoving`	There is another motion command in progress.
`RayaBridgeException`	Command was rejected by bridge.

Move forward 2 meters (1 meter/second velocity) and wait until it finish moving those 2 meters before moving to the next line of code:

await motion.move_linear(distance = 2, x_velocity=1.0, wait=True)

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