import os from ament_index_python.packages import get_package_share_directory from launch import LaunchDescription from launch.substitutions import LaunchConfiguration from launch.actions import DeclareLaunchArgument from launch_ros.actions import Node import xacro def generate_launch_description(): # Check if we're told to use sim time use_sim_time = LaunchConfiguration('use_sim_time') # Process the URDF file pkg_path = os.path.join(get_package_share_directory('my_bot')) xacro_file = os.path.join(pkg_path,'description','robot.urdf.xacro') robot_description_config = xacro.process_file(xacro_file) # Create a robot_state_publisher node params = {'robot_description': robot_description_config.toxml(), 'use_sim_time': use_sim_time} node_robot_state_publisher = Node( package='robot_state_publisher', executable='robot_state_publisher', output='screen', parameters=[params] ) # Launch! return LaunchDescription([ DeclareLaunchArgument( 'use_sim_time', default_value='false', description='Use sim time if true'), node_robot_state_publisher ])