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Hi, Please take a look at the service call gazebo/set_model_configuration in gazebo wiki to set pose of the robot. The strategy I've tested here is:

start simulation paused.
call gazebo/set_model_configuration with list of joint angles
[if holding position, trigger controller reset to set new goals]
unpause simulation

Hope this helps.

John

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