1.7.1 (2012-01-06)

• collada_parser

  • Deal with fixed joints correctly #5269

  • Ambient color fixes due to rviz bug #5237

• urdf_parser

  • Don't check for existence of mesh files in the parser #5269

  • Deprecate floating and planar joints #4000

1.7.0 (2011-11-21)

• srdf

  • Added parser for Semantic Robot Description Format (SRDF)

• collada_urdf

  • Remove dependency on assimp

• Branch of 1.6.3 release