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Yes, this is possible. If you don't have it already, I would suggest getting the book ROS By Example by R. Patrick Goebel. In this book Patrick goes step-by-step through the process required to get a robot similar to the Turtlebot up and running. This includes the nodes that implement motion control via motors, wheels and encoders and how they relate to the navigation and other ROS nodes which are not robot specific. With this information, you would gain a good sense of which turtlebot packages you would need to replace to get your specific platform running under ROS.