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could /odom be useful in your application? It publishes position and velocity informations.

I hope I understood your problem

could /odom be useful in your application? using /odom you get the information you need. It publishes actual position and velocity informations.informations of your robot.

I hope I understood /cmd_vel takes just the desired velocity and moves your problemrobot accordingly. Usually one publishes on /cmd_vel to move the robot and subscribes on /odom to get the wanted informations.

using /odom you get the information you need. It publishes actual position and velocity informations of your robot.

/cmd_vel takes just the desired velocity and moves your robot accordingly. Usually one publishes on /cmd_vel to move the robot and subscribes on /odom to get the wanted informations.

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