Odometry

The etymology of the word odometry is “measurement of the path”, and it describes a way to use sensors, e.g., wheel encoders, data to create a dead-reckoning model to estimate the pose of the Duckiebot over time.

In other words, odometry describes one of the simplest approaches for a mobile robot to estimate the evolution of its position and orientation (pose) over time.

For the accompanying exercise, please see Modeling and Control.