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The odometry source (2.4) is the result (displacement) of the command (cmd_vel) that is executed by the base controller (2.5). So you tell your robot to go 1 m/s and the odometry source reports that has travelled 1 m after 1s, 2m after 2s, etc. Is that clear?

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