# Limo Cobot not moving when issuing ros2 commands

**URL:** <https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/limo-cobot-not-moving-when-issuing-ros2-commands/39256>\
**Category:** Open Discussions\
**Tags:** ros2\
**Created:** [December 9, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/limo-cobot-not-moving-when-issuing-ros2-commands/39256 "2025-12-09T20:51:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raakilde](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raakilde](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/Raakilde)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/limo-cobot-not-moving-when-issuing-ros2-commands/39256/1 "2025-12-09T20:51:22Z")

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My Limo Cobot, running ros2 (foxy), will not move when using ros2 commands.  
Publishing to cmd\_vel works, but robot doesn’t move. I cqan control it with the remote and through the android app.  
I’m using the following commands:

ros2 launch limo\_bringup limo\_start.launch.py

ros2 launch limo\_base limo\_base.launch.py

ros2 topic pub /cmd\_vel geometry\_msgs/msg/Twist “{linear: {x: 0.2, y: 0.0, z: 0.0}, angular: {x: 0.0, y: 0.0, z: 0.0}}”

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**Author:** ![bayodesegun](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/user_avatar/get-help.theconstruct.ai/bayodesegun/32/10684_2.png) [@bayodesegun](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/bayodesegun)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/limo-cobot-not-moving-when-issuing-ros2-commands/39256/2 "2025-12-15T15:59:23Z")

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Are you publishing to the right topic? It might not be `/cmd_vel` exactly; please check the manual.

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**Author:** ![system](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9d3ce8305cc0d0d9b6e07d15767a6f245c526f1b.jpeg) [@system](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://get-help.theconstruct.ai/t/limo-cobot-not-moving-when-issuing-ros2-commands/39256/3 "2025-12-25T15:59:38Z")

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