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On line 975 of your URDF file, there is a unicode character in the comment that looks like this: 

The "I" has a funny dot over it. Replace it with a real "I" and you should be good. I found this by pasting your URDF file in Notepad++ which lets you search for unicode characters and searched for \u0130, the unicode referenced in the error.

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