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The robot is only going to move if the twist commands are published to the proper topic (/cmd_vel if memory serves right)...

So you will have to remap /cmd_vel (or what ever the topic is called) to /base_controller/command. (Take a look here)

To check this as @yygyt has indicated use rostopic.

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