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I suggest you to take a look to the Navigation Stack. You have to load the map with a map_server node and then you have to run a localization node (like AMCL), then you can use the estimate pose 2D button on rviz to estimate your initial pose. To move your robot you will need a planner (like move_base) and send goals to this node.

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