Well, everything seems correct and yet it does not try to connect. The rosnode info robot_state_publisher output is the same as shown on rxgraph when mouseovering on the node right? Since it works with the tutorial urdf model, I'll try to isolate the problem. 2010/11/16 Wim Meeussen [via ROS-Users] : >> The two nodes not being connected was what I noticed too. I am using >> the robot_state_publisher as showed similarly in >> >> http://www.ros.org/wiki/urdf/Tutorials/Using%20urdf%20with%20robot_state_publisher >> which I managed to get working. >> >> If the state_publisher is supposed to automatically connect to the >> joint_states topic, what could prevent it to do so? > > It will automatically connect if the names of the topics match up. You > can check what it is trying to connect to by using "rosnode info > robot_state_publisher". The joint_states topic should be listed as one > of the subscribed topics. Also, the "rostopic info joint_states" > command is useful for debugging this. > > Let me know if you have any more questions. > > Wim > > > -- > -- > Wim Meeussen > Willow Garage Inc. > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > [hidden email] > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > > ________________________________ > View message @ > http://ros-users.122217.n3.nabble.com/URDF-robot-state-publisher-TF-confusion-tp1530752p1913215.html > To unsubscribe from URDF -> robot_state_publisher -> TF confusion, click > here. > -- View this message in context: http://ros-users.122217.n3.nabble.com/URDF-robot-state-publisher-TF-confusion-tp1530752p1913402.html Sent from the ROS-Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.