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Move left and right wheel on turtlebot gazebo

asked 2018-01-16 10:13:03 -0500

JossiChrist gravatar image

Hi guys,

Lately i learnt how to make a turtlebot in gazebo simulator, and moved it by using cmd_vel command. the question is:

  1. how can i move each wheels because i should move it by using trajectory planning?
  2. can we move the turtle bot to a specific point does cmd_vel only move the robot "straight" and "circle"?
  3. if i should make a "sinusoidal" path using the trajectory planning, can i use cmd_vel topic?

Thank you in advance :)

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answered 2018-01-16 13:30:25 -0500

1- using the cmd_vel topic you don't have to worry about moving the wheels individually, that is done for you.

2 - in order to move any robot to a specific point you must first know where it is and which way it is facing. You'll then need to plan a path which the robot must follow to arrive at the final goal point. This is a more complex process than simply issuing a cmd_vel message.

3 - the cmd_vel topic controls the speed and direction a robot should move in at a specific point in time by sending multiple varying cmd_vel messages over time you can make a robot follow a sinusoidal path or any other path for that matter.

Hope this clears some things up for you.

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  1. how if i want to move the robot's direction?, i mean i want to control each wheel... for example (rospub -l /my_robot/rightWheel data "1.0")
    1. do u have any reference about how can i move the robot to the specific point?
    2. does cmd vel only make "circle" and "straight" path?
JossiChrist gravatar image JossiChrist  ( 2018-01-18 08:40:09 -0500 )edit

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