--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: iso-8859-15 -*-
+#
+# rostopic echo /odom/twist/twist/linear/x > /tmp/velocity.txt
+
+import sys
+import numpy as np
+
+f = open(sys.argv[1])
+l = []
+for line in f:
+ if "---" in line:
+ continue
+ l.append(float(line))
+
+print "avg=%.2f, var=%f" % (sum(l)/len(l), np.var(l))