feat: VESC CAN odometry for nav2 (Issue #646)
Replace single-motor vesc_odometry_bridge with dual-CAN differential
drive odometry for left (CAN 61) and right (CAN 79) VESC motors.
New files:
- diff_drive_odom.py: pure-Python kinematics (eRPM→wheel vel, exact arc
integration, heading wrap), no ROS deps, fully unit-tested
- test/test_vesc_odometry.py: 20 unit tests (straight, arc, spin,
invert_right, guard conditions) — all pass
- config/vesc_odometry_params.yaml: configurable wheel_radius,
wheel_separation, motor_poles, invert_right, covariance tuning
Updated:
- vesc_odometry_bridge.py: rewritten as VESCCANOdometryNode; subscribes
to /vesc/can_61/state and /vesc/can_79/state (std_msgs/String JSON);
publishes /odom and /saltybot/wheel_odom (nav_msgs/Odometry) + TF
odom→base_link with proper 6×6 covariance matrices
- odometry_bridge.launch.py: updated to launch vesc_can_odometry with
vesc_odometry_params.yaml
- setup.py: added vesc_can_odometry entry point + config install
- pose_fusion_node.py: added optional wheel_odom_topic subscriber that
feeds DiffDriveOdometry velocities into EKF via update_vo_velocity
- pose_fusion_params.yaml: added use_wheel_odom, wheel_odom_topic,
sigma_wheel_vel_m_s, sigma_wheel_omega_r_s parameters
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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