ROS Resources: Documentation | Support | Discussion Forum | Index | Service Status | ros @ Robotics Stack Exchange
Ask Your Question
0

(x,y) origin for 3 wheeled robots

asked 2021-11-17 16:47:21 -0500

BigBadJohn gravatar image

I have a 2-differential drive wheels in front, and caster in rear, of my rectangular platform. I haven't been able to find a definitive answer on where (x,y) = (0,0) should be in the footprint parameter in the costmap yaml files. Is it the turn pivot location between the 2 drive wheels or the physical center of the robot frame. I have seen both used in different posts. I am using ROS Melodic.

Thanks

edit retag flag offensive close merge delete

1 Answer

Sort by ยป oldest newest most voted
1

answered 2021-11-18 19:55:53 -0500

Mike Scheutzow gravatar image

It should be mid-way between the two drive wheels. It is at the rotation point when the drive wheels cause the robot to spin in place.

edit flag offensive delete link more

Question Tools

2 followers

Stats

Asked: 2021-11-17 16:47:21 -0500

Seen: 44 times

Last updated: Nov 18 '21