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This repository is a collection of ROS 2 tutorial files for learning URDF (Unified Robot Description Format). It contains a series of URDF files that progressively introduce concepts such as visual shapes, joints, physical properties, materials, flexibility, physics properties, and Xacro macros. The package includes meshes for a gripper model, an RViz configuration file, and a launch file to visualize the robots in RViz using the urdf_launch package. The system does not run as a standalone application but provides resources to be used with ROS 2 for educational purposes. The launch file serves as a simple entry point to load and visualize any of the provided URDF models.
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This launch file provides a reusable pattern for launching a robot state publisher and RViz for visualizing a URDF model using the urdf_launch package. It declares arguments for enabling the joint state publisher GUI, specifying an RViz config, and selecting the URDF model. By changing the package name and default model path, this launch file can be reused in any ROS 2 package that wants to provide a similar visualization tutorial.