> ## Documentation Index
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# motor.health

> Probe every motor on both arms and report which responded.

Probes all 16 motors (8 per arm) and reports which responded. For each motor it runs the same status reads as [`motor.info`](https://docs.almond.bot/cli/motor-info) — position, velocity, torque, temperature, voltage, error code, control mode, firmware version, and model — and prints `OK` if every read succeeds or the error string if any read fails.

The command iterates the left arm (`CAN_LEFT`) then the right arm (`CAN_RIGHT`), printing one line per joint. It exits with status `1` if any motor failed to respond, making it suitable for scripts and provisioning checks.

`--left-channel` / `--right-channel` override the SocketCAN interface used for each arm, for setups without the Axol hub CAN adapter; `--no-left` / `--no-right` skip an arm entirely (e.g. a one-arm rig, so a missing arm doesn't fail the check).

```bash theme={null}
axol motor.health
axol motor.health --no-right --left-channel can0   # one arm on a non-hub CAN adapter
```