INTERACTIVE LAB · MOTION

Differential drive. Explore it.

Turn wheel speeds into a calculated pose.

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Calculations run on this device. This does not execute ROS, Gazebo or hardware commands.

Explore the model

Wheel radius 0.05 m · separation 0.30 m. Ideal rolling without slip.

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Calculated result

xy
Forward speed
0.150 m/s
Yaw rate
0.333 rad/s
Pose x, y
0.00, 0.00 m

What to investigate

Compare equal speeds, opposite speeds and a modest speed difference. Use v/ω to predict a circular turn. This is ideal rolling; it ignores slip, acceleration and collision.

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