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Kinematic model of 4 wheel mecanum drive robot

Above is the kinematic model of a four wheeled robot from Omnidirectional Mobile Robot – Design and Implementation.

My question is how to use these kinematic equations while coding on a micro controller? I have an IMU and wheel encoders: How to use these sensor data and achieve odometry for the robot?

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    – Chuck ♦
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  • $\begingroup$ @50k4 , even I had the same doubt, can u please clarify regarding the last comment by OP? Thanks! $\endgroup$
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I think I figured out, please someone confirm if i'm right

In the above equations, w1, w2, w3 and w4 are taken from the wheel encoders at each time step and (x,y) of the robot are updated as per the equations and using an IMU orientation of the robot is calculated and updated according to the equations at each time step.

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    $\begingroup$ no, heading is also taken from the encoders. IMU is not included here, that comes after you have the Cartesian velocities, as a separate sensor fusion step. $\endgroup$
    – 50k4
    Oct 13, 2020 at 18:10
  • $\begingroup$ How to take heading using encoders? What equations to use $\endgroup$
    – Abhinandan K
    Oct 13, 2020 at 18:12
  • $\begingroup$ The last one, omega z calculates the rotational velocity (which i falsely called heading previously) $\endgroup$
    – 50k4
    Oct 13, 2020 at 18:13
  • $\begingroup$ What are the equations to calculate the robot angular velocity (omega z) using wheel encoder data? $\endgroup$
    – Abhinandan K
    Oct 13, 2020 at 18:21
  • $\begingroup$ Tha last one you posted. Says angular velocity explocitly $\endgroup$
    – 50k4
    Oct 13, 2020 at 18:22

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