diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "src/ariac_ws/src/universal_robot"]
-	path = src/ariac_ws/src/universal_robot
-	url = https://github.com/osrf/universal_robot
-	branch = ariac_2019_ur10_moveit_config
diff --git a/src/ariac_ws/src/universal_robot b/src/ariac_ws/src/universal_robot
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index 8bb711d..0000000
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-Subproject commit 8bb711dc9f81087306ae962f9e251e69dc31721d