Using urdf with robot_state_publisher
This tutorial gives a full example of a robot model with URDF that uses robot_state_publisher. First, we create the URDF model with all the necessary parts. Then we write a node which publishes the JointState and transforms. Finally, we run all the parts together.
These page references above go to the tf wiki! And the tf wiki warns that tf has been deprecated in favor of tf2. So these links are old, or are errors.
Setting up your robot with tf2 Setting up your robot using tf This tutorial provides a guide to set up your robot to start using tf.
Using the robot state publisher on your own robot This tutorial explains how you can publish the state of your robot to tf, using the robot state publisher.
Using urdf with robot_state_publisher This tutorial gives a full example of a robot model with URDF that uses robot_state_publisher. First, we create the URDF model with all the necessary parts. Then we write a node which publishes the JointState and transforms. Finally, we run all the parts together.
This is from: http://wiki.ros.org/tf2/Tutorials
These page references above go to the tf wiki! And the tf wiki warns that tf has been deprecated in favor of tf2. So these links are old, or are errors.