This sounds like what [rostest](http://wiki.ros.org/rostest) is for. If you're not aware, rostests are basically launch files, but launched by a special `roslaunch` wrapper that is specifically intended to be able to test nodes in a (mini) application context. Populating the `robot_description` parameter (or any parameter really) is done in exactly the same way as you would in a regular launch file. > This node requires the robot description to know about the available joints and then is updated frequently with joint_states messages. The rostest could also start a second node that generates those joint states. --- [Visit Topic](https://discourse.ros.org/t/ros-tests-with-robot-description/5696/2) or reply to this email to respond. If you do not want to receive messages from ros-users please use the unsubscribe link below. If you use the one above, you will stop all of ros-users from receiving updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ ros-users mailing list ros-users@lists.ros.org http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users Unsubscribe: