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Yes, you are correct. This simple simulation assumes the turtle bots have perfect knowledge of their linear and angular velocities, so they can integrate these in time to determine their location.

In real world robotics proprioceptive localisation systems such as wheel odometry or IMU odometry would also be examples of dead reckoning. These methods are both based on estimating velocity which can be integrated to determine a location relative to the starting point.