edgar.launch.py

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# This launch file shows how to launch robot_state_publisher with a simple
# URDF read from a file (found using FindPackageShare) and passed as the
# 'robot_description' parameter.

import os

import launch
import launch_ros.actions
from launch_ros.substitutions import FindPackageShare


def generate_launch_description():
    pkg_share = FindPackageShare('robot_state_publisher').find('robot_state_publisher')
    urdf_dir = os.path.join(pkg_share, 'urdf')
    urdf_file = os.path.join(urdf_dir, 'edgar.urdf')
    with open(urdf_file, 'r') as infp:
        robot_desc = infp.read()

    params = {'robot_description': robot_desc}
    rsp = launch_ros.actions.Node(package='robot_state_publisher',
                                  executable='robot_state_publisher',
                                  output='both',
                                  parameters=[params])

    return launch.LaunchDescription([rsp])