INTERACTIVE LAB · MOTION
Differential drive. Explore it.
Turn wheel speeds into a calculated pose.
Educational browser model
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
- 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.