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## Changing the Tool
If you wish to remove the default gripper and add a different tool, you will typically edit /stretch_description/urdf/stretch_desciption.xacro. Specifically, you will replace the following line in order to include the xacro for the new tool and then follow directions within stretch_ros/stretch_calibration to generate a new calibrated urdf file (stretch.urdf) that includes the new tool.
If you wish to remove the default gripper and add a different tool, you will typically edit /stretch_description/urdf/stretch_description.xacro. Specifically, you will replace the following line in order to include the xacro for the new tool and then follow directions within stretch_ros/stretch_calibration to generate a new calibrated urdf file (stretch.urdf) that includes the new tool.
As an example we provide the xacro `stretch_dry_erase_marker.xacro` and its dependent mesh files with stretch_ros.
Some of the tools found in the [Stretch Body Tool Share](https://github.com/hello-robot/stretch_tool_share/) include URDF data. To integrate these tools into the URDF for your Stretch
Next add the xacro for the particular tool to /stretch_description/urdf/stretch_description.xacro. Then you can generate and preview the uncalibrated URDF:
You will then want to calibrate your URDF as described in the [URDF calibration](https://github.com/hello-robot/stretch_ros/tree/master/stretch_calibration) documentation.
## License and Patents
Patents are pending that cover aspects of the Stretch RE1 mobile manipulator.