David, > I've started working on a tutorial to guide people through how to make a > complete model with the robot state publisher. Check it out here: > http://www.ros.org/wiki/urdf/Tutorials/Using%20urdf%20with%20robot_state_publisher Contributions like this are greatly appreciated! I added a link to your tutorial from the other robot state publisher tutorial. Wim -- Wim Meeussen Willow Garage Inc.