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Yes; the vx, vy and vth values in the tutorial are samples, and should be replaced with real encoder data when using a real robot.

Note that the tutorial you linked to is publishing odometry messages, not cmd_vel, and that odometry represents the position feedback from the wheel sensors, not a command to move the robot.

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