Hi Ricarda, Unfortunately, the xacro file you sent me did not parse into valid urdf so I can't reproduce the problem. Can you post the actual robot model? thanks, John On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:26 AM, wrote: > Hi John, > > I am using the world file "empty.world". > And yes, the model spawns where I expect it to be. > I attached the relevant code. > The robot base seems to be correct as it spawns without any problems. > > Thanks, > Ricarda > > > > Hi Ricarda, > > > > Couple of questions: which world file are you using? Is it possible to > > share your model? > > If you start up the world paused, does the model spawn where you expect > > it to be? > > John > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > >