Why does my differential drive robot wheels move as if flushed in a toilet?
Hi. I'm new to ROS and Gazebo simulation. I tried to create a differential drive robot for various experiments such sa SLAM etc.
My problem right now is that my driven wheels drift as if they're not attached to the main link and whenever I run teleop, they rotate and move as if they were flushed in a toilet and the wheels suddenly stick together and continue to rotate.
Here is a link to a video I took showing my problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gAox...
Here is a link where I uploaded my files as pasting them here would make this post really long. I would really appreciate it if you would have a look. https://github.com/jcjmagno/test_robot
Here is a snippet of the urdf code:
<link name="base_link">
</link>
<joint name="base_joint" type="fixed">
<parent link="base_link"/>
<child link="chassis"/>
</joint>
<link name="chassis">
<inertial>
<origin xyz="0.0 0.0 0.0" rpy="0.0 0.0 0.0"/>
<mass value="25"/>
<inertia ixx="3.002" ixy="0.0" ixz="0.0" iyy="4.011" iyz="0.0" izz="2.8465"/>
</inertial>
<visual name="chassis_visual">
<origin xyz="0.0 0.0 0.0" rpy="0.0 0.0 0.0"/>
<geometry>
<box size="0.962 0.664 1" />
</geometry>
</visual>
<collision name="chassis_collision">
<origin xyz="0.0 0.0 0.0" rpy="0.0 0.0 0.0"/>
<geometry>
<box size="0.962 0.664 1" />
</geometry>
</collision>
</link>
<link name="front_left_wheel">
<inertial>
<origin xyz="0.3 0.232 -0.525" rpy="0.0 1.5707 1.5707"/>
<mass value="5"/>
<inertia ixx="0.02" ixy="0.0" ixz="0.0" iyy="0.02" iyz="0.0" izz="0.02"/>
</inertial>
<visual name="front_left_wheel_visual">
<origin xyz="0.3 0.232 -0.525" rpy="0.0 1.5707 1.5707"/>
<geometry>
<cylinder radius="0.1" length="0.1"/>
</geometry>
</visual>
<collision name="front_left_wheel_collision">
<origin xyz="0.3 0.232 -0.525" rpy="0.0 1.5707 1.5707"/>
<geometry>
<cylinder radius="0.1" length="0.1"/>
</geometry>
</collision>
</link>
<link name="front_right_wheel">
<inertial>
<origin xyz="0.3 -0.232 -0.525" rpy="0.0 1.5707 1.5707"/>
<mass value="5"/>
<inertia ixx="0.02" ixy="0.0" ixz="0.0" iyy="0.02" iyz="0.0" izz="0.02"/>
</inertial>
<visual name="front_right_wheel_visual">
<origin xyz="0.3 -0.232 -0.525" rpy="0.0 1.5707 1.5707"/>
<geometry>
<cylinder radius="0.1" length="0.1"/>
</geometry>
</visual>
<collision name="front_right_wheel_collision">
<origin xyz="0.3 -0.232 -0.525" rpy="0.0 1.5707 1.5707"/>
<geometry>
<cylinder radius="0.1" length="0.1"/>
</geometry>
</collision>
</link>
<link name="rear_left_wheel">
<inertial>
<origin xyz="-0.3 0.232 -0.525" rpy="0.0 1.5707 1.5707"/>
<mass value="5"/>
<inertia ixx="0.02" ixy="0.0" ixz="0.0" iyy="0.02" iyz="0.0" izz="0.02"/>
</inertial>
<visual name="rear_left_wheel_visual">
<origin xyz="-0.3 0.232 -0.525" rpy ...