URDF

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URDF, Unified Robot Description Format is an XML format for representing a robot model.{{cite web|url=https://www.mathworks.com/help/sm/ug/urdf-model-import.html|title=URDF Primer}}{{Cite book |last=Joseph |first=Lentin |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mastering_ROS_for_Robotics_Programming/MulODwAAQBAJ |title=Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming: Design, build, and simulate complex robots using the Robot Operating System, 2nd Edition |last2=Cacace |first2=Jonathan |date=2018-02-26 |publisher=Packt Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78847-452-8 |pages=74 |language=en}}

URDF is commonly used in Robot Operating System (ROS) tools such as rviz (Ros Visualization tool) and Gazebo simulator.{{cite web|url=https://classic.gazebosim.org/tutorials?tut=ros_urdf|title=Tutorial: Using a URDF in Gazebo}} The model consists of links and joints motion.