diff --git a/visualization/CMakeLists.txt b/visualization/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4.6)
+include($ENV{ROS_ROOT}/core/rosbuild/rosbuild.cmake)
+
+# Append to CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES a semicolon-separated list of
+# directories (or patterns, but directories should suffice) that should
+# be excluded from the distro.  This is not the place to put things that
+# should be ignored everywhere, like "build" directories; that happens in
+# rosbuild/rosbuild.cmake.  Here should be listed packages that aren't
+# ready for inclusion in a distro.
+#
+# This list is combined with the list in rosbuild/rosbuild.cmake.  Note
+# that CMake 2.6 may be required to ensure that the two lists are combined
+# properly.  CMake 2.4 seems to have unpredictable scoping rules for such
+# variables.
+#list(APPEND CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES /core/experimental)
+
+rosbuild_make_distribution(0.1.2)
diff --git a/visualization/Makefile b/visualization/Makefile
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+include $(shell rospack find mk)/cmake_stack.mk
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/visualization/joint_state_publisher/CMakeLists.txt b/visualization/joint_state_publisher/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4.6)
+include($ENV{ROS_ROOT}/core/rosbuild/rosbuild.cmake)
+
+rosbuild_init()
+
diff --git a/visualization/joint_state_publisher/Makefile b/visualization/joint_state_publisher/Makefile
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+include $(shell rospack find mk)/cmake.mk
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diff --git a/visualization/joint_state_publisher/joint_state_publisher b/visualization/joint_state_publisher/joint_state_publisher
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+++ b/visualization/joint_state_publisher/joint_state_publisher
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import roslib; roslib.load_manifest('joint_state_publisher')
+import rospy
+import wx
+import xml.dom.minidom
+from sensor_msgs.msg import JointState
+from math import pi
+from threading import Thread
+
+RANGE = 10000
+
+def get_param(name, value=None):
+    private = "~%s" % name
+    if rospy.has_param(private):
+        return rospy.get_param(private)
+    elif rospy.has_param(name):
+        return rospy.get_param(name)
+    else:
+        return value
+
+class JointStatePublisher():
+    def __init__(self):
+        description = get_param('robot_description')
+        robot = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(description).getElementsByTagName('robot')[0]
+        self.free_joints = {}
+        self.joint_list = [] # for maintaining the original order of the joints
+        self.dependent_joints = get_param("dependent_joints", {})
+        
+        # Find all non-fixed joints
+        for child in robot.childNodes:
+            if child.nodeType is child.TEXT_NODE:
+                continue
+            if child.localName == 'joint':
+                jtype = child.getAttribute('type')
+                if jtype == 'fixed':
+                    continue
+                name = child.getAttribute('name')
+                if jtype == 'continuous':
+                    minval = -pi
+                    maxval = pi
+                else:
+                    limit = child.getElementsByTagName('limit')[0]
+                    minval = float(limit.getAttribute('lower'))
+                    maxval = float(limit.getAttribute('upper'))
+
+                if name in self.dependent_joints:
+                    continue
+                if minval > 0 or maxval < 0:
+                    zeroval = (maxval + minval)/2
+                else:
+                    zeroval = 0
+
+                joint = {'min':minval, 'max':maxval, 'zero':zeroval, 'value':zeroval }
+                self.free_joints[name] = joint
+                self.joint_list.append(name)
+
+        use_gui = get_param("use_gui", False)
+
+        if use_gui:
+            app = wx.App()
+            self.gui = JointStatePublisherGui("Joint State Publisher", self)
+            self.gui.Show()
+            Thread(target=app.MainLoop).start()
+        else:
+            self.gui = None
+
+        source_list = get_param("source_list", [])
+        self.sources = []
+        for source in source_list:
+            self.sources.append(rospy.Subscriber(source, JointState, self.source_cb))
+
+        self.pub = rospy.Publisher('joint_states', JointState)
+
+    def source_cb(self, msg):
+        for i in range(len(msg.name)):
+            name = msg.name[i]
+            position = msg.position[i]
+            if name in self.free_joints:
+                joint = self.free_joints[name]
+                joint['value'] = position
+        if self.gui is not None:
+            self.gui.update_sliders()
+        
+
+    def loop(self):
+        hz = get_param("rate", 10) # 10hz
+        r = rospy.Rate(hz) 
+
+        # Publish Joint States
+        while not rospy.is_shutdown():
+            msg = JointState()
+            msg.header.stamp = rospy.Time.now()
+
+            # Add Free Joints
+            for (name,joint) in self.free_joints.items():
+                msg.name.append(str(name))
+                msg.position.append(joint['value'])
+
+            # Add Dependent Joints
+            for (name,param) in self.dependent_joints.items():
+                parent = param['parent']
+                baseval = self.free_joints[parent]['value']
+                value = baseval * param.get('factor', 1)
+
+                msg.name.append(str(name))
+                msg.position.append(value)
+
+            self.pub.publish(msg)
+
+            r.sleep()
+
+class JointStatePublisherGui(wx.Frame):
+    def __init__(self, title, jsp):
+        wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, -1, title, (-1, -1));
+        self.jsp = jsp
+        self.joint_map = {}
+        panel = wx.Panel(self, wx.ID_ANY);
+        box = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
+        font = wx.Font(9, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD)
+        
+        ### Sliders ###
+        for name in self.jsp.joint_list:
+            joint = self.jsp.free_joints[name]
+
+            if joint['min'] == joint['max']:
+                continue
+
+            row = wx.GridSizer(1,2)
+            label = wx.StaticText(panel, -1, name)
+            label.SetFont(font)
+            row.Add(label, 1, wx.ALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL)
+
+            display = wx.TextCtrl (panel, value=str(0), 
+                        style=wx.TE_READONLY | wx.ALIGN_RIGHT)
+
+            row.Add(display, flag= wx.ALIGN_RIGHT| wx.ALIGN_CENTER_VERTICAL)
+            box.Add(row, 1, wx.EXPAND)
+            slider = wx.Slider(panel, -1, RANGE/2, 0, RANGE, 
+                        style= wx.SL_AUTOTICKS | wx.SL_HORIZONTAL)
+            slider.SetFont(font)
+            box.Add(slider, 1, wx.EXPAND)
+
+            self.joint_map[name] = {'slidervalue':0, 'display':display, 
+                                    'slider':slider, 'joint':joint}
+
+        ### Buttons ###
+        self.ctrbutton = wx.Button(panel, 1, 'Center')
+        self.Bind(wx.EVT_SLIDER, self.sliderUpdate)
+        
+        wx.EVT_BUTTON(self, 1, self.center_event)
+
+        box.Add(self.ctrbutton, 0, wx.EXPAND)
+        
+        panel.SetSizer(box)
+        self.center()
+        box.Fit(self)
+        self.update_values()
+
+
+    def update_values(self):
+        for (name,joint_info) in self.joint_map.items():
+            purevalue = joint_info['slidervalue']
+            joint = joint_info['joint']
+            value = self.sliderToValue(purevalue, joint)
+            joint['value'] = value
+        self.update_sliders()
+
+    def update_sliders(self):
+        for (name,joint_info) in self.joint_map.items():
+            joint = joint_info['joint']
+            joint_info['slidervalue'] = self.valueToSlider(joint['value'], joint)
+            joint_info['slider'].SetValue(joint_info['slidervalue'])
+            joint_info['display'].SetValue("%.2f"%joint['value'])
+
+    def center_event(self, event):
+        self.center()
+
+    def center(self):
+        rospy.loginfo("Centering")
+        for (name,joint_info) in self.joint_map.items():
+            joint = joint_info['joint']
+            joint_info['slidervalue'] = self.valueToSlider(joint['zero'], joint)
+        self.update_values()
+
+    def sliderUpdate(self, event):
+        for (name,joint_info) in self.joint_map.items():
+            joint_info['slidervalue'] = joint_info['slider'].GetValue()
+        self.update_values()
+
+    def valueToSlider(self, value, joint):
+        return (value - joint['min']) * float(RANGE) / (joint['max'] - joint['min'])
+        
+    def sliderToValue(self, slider, joint):
+        pctvalue = slider / float(RANGE)
+        return joint['min'] + (joint['max']-joint['min']) * pctvalue
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        rospy.init_node('joint_state_publisher')
+        jsp = JointStatePublisher()
+        jsp.loop()
+        
+    except rospy.ROSInterruptException: pass
+
diff --git a/visualization/joint_state_publisher/manifest.xml b/visualization/joint_state_publisher/manifest.xml
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+<package>
+  <description brief="A node for publishing joint angles">
+	A node for publishing joint angles, either through a gui, or with
+    default values. 
+  </description>
+  <author>David Lu!!</author>
+  <license>BSD</license>
+  <review status="unreviewed" notes=""/>
+  <url>http://ros.org/wiki/joint_state_publisher</url>
+  <depend package="rospy" />
+  <depend package="sensor_msgs" />
+  <rosdep name="wxpython" />
+</package>
+
+
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diff --git a/visualization/stack.xml b/visualization/stack.xml
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+<stack>
+  <description brief="Tools for use with URDF Models">This package contains a number of tools for making, viewing and using URDF models.</description>
+  <author>Maintained by David Lu!!</author>
+  <license>BSD</license>  
+  <review status="unreviewed" notes=""/>
+  <url>http://ros.org/wiki/robot_model_visualization</url>
+  <depend stack="common_msgs" /> <!-- sensor_msgs -->
+  <depend stack="ros" />
+  <depend stack="ros_comm" /> <!-- rospy -->
+
+</stack>