Only released in EOL distros:
Package Summary
 Documented 
ROS nodelet for fake Kobuki.
- Maintainer: Jihoon Lee <jihoonl AT yujinrobot DOT com>
 - Author: Jihoon Lee <jihoonl AT yujinrobot DOT com>
 - License: BSD
 - Source: git https://github.com/yujinrobot/kobuki.git (branch: groovy-devel)
 
kobuki_soft: kobuki_softapps | kobuki_softnode
Package Summary
 Released 
 Documented 
ROS nodelet for fake Kobuki.
- Maintainer status: developed
 - Maintainer: Jihoon Lee <jihoonl AT yujinrobot DOT com>
 - Author: Jihoon Lee <jihoonl AT yujinrobot DOT com>
 - License: BSD
 - Source: git https://github.com/yujinrobot/kobuki_soft.git (branch: hydro)
 
kobuki_soft: kobuki_softapps | kobuki_softnode
Package Summary
 Released 
 Documented 
ROS nodelet for fake Kobuki.
- Maintainer status: developed
 - Maintainer: Jihoon Lee <jihoonl AT yujinrobot DOT com>
 - Author: Jihoon Lee <jihoonl AT yujinrobot DOT com>
 - License: BSD
 - Source: git https://github.com/yujinrobot/kobuki_soft.git (branch: indigo)
 
kobuki_soft: kobuki_softapps | kobuki_softnode
Package Summary
 Released 
 Documented 
ROS nodelet for fake Kobuki.
- Maintainer status: maintained
 - Maintainer: Jihoon Lee <jihoonlee.in AT gmail DOT com>
 - Author: Jihoon Lee
 - License: BSD
 - Source: git https://github.com/yujinrobot/kobuki_soft.git (branch: kinetic)
 
Contents
Kobuki Softnode is not supported in Groovy. Please checkout recent ROS releases.
Kobuki Softnode is a simulated kobuki_node which only accepts motor commands and provides odometry.