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URDF

URDF (Unified Robot Description Format) is a file format for specifying the geometry and organization of robots in ROS.

• Building a visual robot model from scratch
• Building a movable robot model
• Adding physical and collision properties
• Using Xacro to clean up your code
• Using URDF with robot_state_publisher
• Using a URDF in Gazebo
• Generating an URDF File