Hi John, ok with he transmission file it works fine and "rosrun pr2_controller_manager pr2_controller_manager list-joints" find the joints which i need. Ok just in this minute i find the http://www.ros.org/wiki/pr2_mechanism/Tutorials/SImple%20URDF-Controller%20Example tutorial , there is stated "!-- Transmission is important to link the joints and the controller -->" now things are clear. Is it correct that this tutorial is not on the http://www.ros.org/wiki/pr2_mechanism/Tutorials pr2_mechanism/Tutorials side (or am i blind)? Thanks a lot for your help Marc -- View this message in context: http://ros-users.122217.n3.nabble.com/Pan-Tilt-Unit-in-Simulation-tp1578788p1583359.html Sent from the ROS-Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.