I want to implement a 4 wheel robot with car like steering(having 2 front steerable wheels and 2 back drive wheels) in ros2 using ros2_control. Can you suggest me which ros2 controller should I use(with example)? Is there any example I could refer to? The ros2_control documentation is not detailed enough and their example are mostly differential drive based.

Edit: Distro: ros2-humble

Directory Structure

race_it_ws
    /src
        /race_it
            /description
                /race_car.xacro
                /ros2_ack.xacro
                /inertial.xacro
            /config
                /controller
                    /my_controllers.yaml
            /launch
                /rsp.launch.py
            /hardware       ## NOTE: I have just copied this folder from "ros2_control_demos/example_11" AS IT IS.                

Complete source code is provided below.

Description

race_car.xacro(main urdf file)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<robot xmlns:xacro="http://www.ros.org/wiki/xacro" name="simple_car">

<xacro:include filename="inertial.xacro"/>
<!-- <xacro:include filename="gazebo_control_dd.xacro"/> -->
<!-- <xacro:include filename="gazebo_control_steer.xacro"/> -->

    
    <xacro:property name="wheel_width" value="0.04"/>
    <xacro:property name="wheel_radius" value="0.1"/>
    
    <!-- Wheel macro -->
    <xacro:macro name="wheel" params="name"> 
        <link name="${name}">
        <visual>
            <geometry>
                <cylinder length="${wheel_width}" radius="${wheel_radius}" />
            </geometry>
            <material name="blue"/>
        </visual>
        <collision>
            <geometry>
                <cylinder length="${wheel_width}" radius="${wheel_radius}" />
            </geometry>
        </collision>
         <xacro:inertial_cylinder mass="0.1" length="${wheel_width}" radius="${wheel_radius}"/>    
        </link>
        
        <gazebo reference="${name}">
            <material>Gazebo/Blue</material>
        </gazebo>   

    </xacro:macro>



  <!-- Base Link -->
  
  <link name="base_link">
  </link>

  <!-- Chassis Link -->
  <link name="chassis_link">
    <visual>
      <geometry>
        <box size="0.5 1.0 0.2"/>
      </geometry>
      <origin xyz="0 0 0" rpy="0 0 0"/>
      <material name="blue">
        <color rgba="0 0 1 1"/>
      </material>
    </visual>

    <xacro:inertial_box mass="0.5" x="0.5" y="1.0" z="0.15"/>

  </link>
    
  <gazebo reference="chassis_link">
        <material>Gazebo/Orange</material>
  </gazebo>   

  
 <!-- Base Chassis Joint -->
  <joint name="base_chassis_joint" type="fixed">
      <parent link="base_link"/>
      <child link="chassis_link"/>
      <origin xyz="0 0 0.2" rpy="0 0 0 "/>
  </joint>    
    
  
  <!-- Front Left Wheel -->
  <xacro:wheel name="front_left_link"/>
  
  <joint name="front_left_joint" type="continuous">
        <parent link="chassis_link"/>
        <child link="front_left_link"/>
        <origin xyz="-0.3 0.5 -0.1" rpy="0 ${pi/2} 0"/>
        <axis xyz="0 0 1"/>
  </joint>
  
   <gazebo reference="front_left_link">
       <material>Gazebo/Red</material>   
       <mu1 value="0.001"/>
       <mu2 value="0.001"/>
   </gazebo>
  
  
  <!-- Front Right Wheel -->
  <xacro:wheel name="front_right_link"/>
  
  <joint name="front_right_joint" type="continuous">
        <parent link="chassis_link"/>
        <child link="front_right_link"/>
        <origin xyz="0.3 0.5 -0.1" rpy="0 ${pi/2} 0"/>
        <axis xyz="0 0 1"/>
  </joint>
  
  <gazebo reference="front_right_link">   
       <material>Gazebo/Red</material>
       <mu1 value="0.001"/>
       <mu2 value="0.001"/>
  </gazebo>
  
  
  <!-- Rear Left Wheel -->
  <xacro:wheel name="rear_left_link"/>
  
  <joint name="rear_left_joint" type="continuous">
        <parent link="chassis_link"/>
        <child link="rear_left_link"/>
        <origin xyz="-0.3 -0.5 -0.1" rpy="0 ${pi/2} 0"/>
        <axis xyz="0 0 1"/>
  </joint>
    
  <!-- Rear Right Wheel -->  
  <xacro:wheel name="rear_right_link" />
  
  <joint name="rear_right_joint" type="continuous">
        <parent link="chassis_link"/>
        <child link="rear_right_link"/>
        <origin xyz="0.3 -0.5 -0.1" rpy="0 ${pi/2} 0"/> <!-- Default value for x is "0.27" -->
        <axis xyz="0 0 1"/>
  </joint>
  
  <xacro:include filename="ros2_ack.xacro"/>
      
</robot>

ros2_ack.xacro

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<robot xmlns:xacro="http://www.ros.org/wiki/xacro" name="simple_car">
    <ros2_control name="carbot" type="system">
        <hardware>
            <!-- <plugin>gazebo_ros2_control/GazeboSystem</plugin> -->
            
            <plugin>ros2_control_demo_example_11/CarlikeBotSystemHardware</plugin>
            <param name="example_param_hw_start_duration_sec">0</param>
            <param name="example_param_hw_stop_duration_sec">3.0</param>
            <param name="is_simulation">1</param>
                        
        </hardware>
        
        <!-- Front Left Wheel -->        
        <joint name="front_left_joint">
            <command_interface name="position"/>
            <state_interface name="position" />
        </joint>     
      
          <!-- Front Right Wheel -->         
          <joint name="front_right_joint">
            <command_interface name="position"/>
            <state_interface name="position" />
          </joint>       
          
          <!-- Rear Left Wheel -->          
          <joint name="rear_left_joint">
              <command_interface name="velocity"/>
              <state_interface name="velocity" />
          </joint>
            
          <!-- Rear Right Wheel -->            
          <joint name="rear_right_joint">
              <command_interface name="velocity"/>
              <state_interface name="velocity" />
          </joint>      
    </ros2_control>
    
    <gazebo>
        <plugin filename="libgazebo_ros2_control.so" name="gazebo_ros2_control">
            <parameters>$(find race_it)/config/controller/my_controllers.yaml</parameters>
        </plugin>
    </gazebo>
    
</robot>

Controller Config

my_controllers.yaml

controller_manager:
  ros__parameters:
    update_rate: 30
    
    use_sim_time: true
    
    asc:
        type: ackermann_steering_controller/AckermannSteeringController       
    
    jsc:
      type: joint_state_broadcaster/JointStateBroadcaster
    
asc:
  ros__parameters:

    reference_timeout: 2.0
    front_steering: true
    open_loop: false
    velocity_rolling_window_size: 10
    position_feedback: false
    use_stamped_vel: true
    #rear_wheels_names: [rear_right_joint, rear_left_joint]
    #front_wheels_names: [front_right_joint, front_left_joint]

    rear_wheels_names: [rear_right_joint, rear_left_joint]
    front_wheels_names: [front_right_joint, front_left_joint]


    wheelbase: 1.0
    front_wheel_track: 0.55
    rear_wheel_track: 0.55
    front_wheels_radius: 0.1
    rear_wheels_radius: 0.1
    
    
#jsc:
#  ros__parameters:
#    type: joint_state_controller/JointStateController

Launch File

rsp.launch.py

import os

from ament_index_python.packages import get_package_share_directory

from launch import LaunchDescription
from launch.substitutions import LaunchConfiguration
from launch.actions import DeclareLaunchArgument
from launch_ros.actions import Node
import launch_ros

from launch.actions import IncludeLaunchDescription
from launch.launch_description_sources import PythonLaunchDescriptionSource


import xacro


def generate_launch_description():

    # Check if we're told to use sim time
    use_sim_time = LaunchConfiguration('use_sim_time')

    # Process the URDF file
    pkg_path = os.path.join(get_package_share_directory('race_it'))
    
    #xacro_file = os.path.join(pkg_path,'description','robot.urdf.xacro')
    xacro_file = os.path.join(pkg_path,'description', 'race_car.xacro')
    
    robot_description_config = xacro.process_file(xacro_file)
    
    default_rviz_config_path = os.path.join(pkg_path, 'config/rviz/urdf_config.rviz')
    
    # Create a robot_state_publisher node
    params = {'robot_description': robot_description_config.toxml(), 'use_sim_time': use_sim_time}
    node_robot_state_publisher = Node(
        package='robot_state_publisher',
        executable='robot_state_publisher',
        output='screen',
        parameters=[params]
    )
    
    
        
    joint_state_publisher_node = launch_ros.actions.Node(
        package='joint_state_publisher',
        executable='joint_state_publisher',
        name='joint_state_publisher'
    )
    

    rviz_node = launch_ros.actions.Node(
        package='rviz2',
        executable='rviz2',
        name='rviz2',
        output='screen',
        arguments=['-d', default_rviz_config_path],
    )

    
    gazebo = IncludeLaunchDescription(
            PythonLaunchDescriptionSource([os.path.join(
            get_package_share_directory('gazebo_ros'), 'launch', 'gazebo.launch.py')])#,
    #        launch_arguments={'world': "my_bot/worlds/obstacles.world"}.items()
    )
    
    
    spawn_entity = launch_ros.actions.Node(
        package='gazebo_ros',
        executable='spawn_entity.py',
        arguments=['-entity', '', '-topic', 'robot_description'],
        output='screen'
    )


    # Launch!
    return LaunchDescription([
        DeclareLaunchArgument(
            'use_sim_time',
            default_value='true',
            description='Use sim time if true'),

        node_robot_state_publisher,
        joint_state_publisher_node,
        rviz_node,
        gazebo,
        spawn_entity
    ])