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If your computer is slow, sometimes Gazebo doesn't launch controller manager fast enough for the controller_spawner service. This happens on my machine the first launch each day. But I doubt this is the issue if gazebo is loading within 30 seconds. Try putting the controller_spawner launch lines in a separate file and launch it once the rest of gazebo is up and running for a little bit just to be sure it has time to launch controller_manager.