diff --git a/universal_robot_description/CMakeLists.txt b/ur5_description/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from universal_robot_description/CMakeLists.txt
rename to ur5_description/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/universal_robot_description/Makefile b/ur5_description/Makefile
similarity index 100%
rename from universal_robot_description/Makefile
rename to ur5_description/Makefile
diff --git a/universal_robot_description/launch/load.launch b/ur5_description/launch/load.launch
similarity index 55%
rename from universal_robot_description/launch/load.launch
rename to ur5_description/launch/load.launch
index bbf729a0d38bffb6ae22687691e6d5c41db50b44..a4162243164ec6d08340e4076632cb0352fea98f 100644
--- a/universal_robot_description/launch/load.launch
+++ b/ur5_description/launch/load.launch
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <launch>
-  <param name="robot_description" command="$(find xacro)/xacro.py '$(find universal_robot_description)/urdf/robot.urdf.xacro'" />
+  <param name="robot_description" command="$(find xacro)/xacro.py '$(find ur5_description)/urdf/robot.urdf.xacro'" />
 </launch>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/universal_robot_description/launch/test.launch b/ur5_description/launch/test.launch
similarity index 81%
rename from universal_robot_description/launch/test.launch
rename to ur5_description/launch/test.launch
index dc6e07b83ecf7bb9e2245d0112c2e947f48778e7..1111fe03bd79a82b631e08357f5f12e9614ddd86 100644
--- a/universal_robot_description/launch/test.launch
+++ b/ur5_description/launch/test.launch
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <launch>
-  <include file="$(find universal_robot_description)/launch/load.launch" />
+  <include file="$(find ur5_description)/launch/load.launch" />
   <param name="use_gui" value="true"/>
   <node name="joint_state_publisher" pkg="joint_state_publisher" type="joint_state_publisher" ></node>
   <node name="robot_state_publisher" pkg="robot_state_publisher" type="state_publisher" />
diff --git a/universal_robot_description/mainpage.dox b/ur5_description/mainpage.dox
similarity index 100%
rename from universal_robot_description/mainpage.dox
rename to ur5_description/mainpage.dox
diff --git a/universal_robot_description/manifest.xml b/ur5_description/manifest.xml
similarity index 52%
rename from universal_robot_description/manifest.xml
rename to ur5_description/manifest.xml
index be2587b8a6904d24d449ebaf3b8bee19e78f5df8..1eca42bd3a6ce68d3dc472a410fe13d72b905248 100644
--- a/universal_robot_description/manifest.xml
+++ b/ur5_description/manifest.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <package>
-  <description brief="universal_robot_description">
+  <description brief="ur5_description">
 
-     universal_robot_description
+     Universal robot UR5 description
 
   </description>
   <author>wim</author>
   <license>BSD</license>
   <review status="unreviewed" notes=""/>
-  <url>http://ros.org/wiki/universal_robot_description</url>
+  <url>http://ros.org/wiki/ur5_description</url>
   <depend package="urdf"/>
 
 </package>
diff --git a/universal_robot_description/meshes/UpperArm.dae b/ur5_description/meshes/UpperArm.dae
similarity index 100%
rename from universal_robot_description/meshes/UpperArm.dae
rename to ur5_description/meshes/UpperArm.dae
diff --git a/universal_robot_description/model.pdf b/ur5_description/model.pdf
similarity index 100%
rename from universal_robot_description/model.pdf
rename to ur5_description/model.pdf
diff --git a/universal_robot_description/urdf/robot.urdf.xacro b/ur5_description/urdf/robot.urdf.xacro
similarity index 99%
rename from universal_robot_description/urdf/robot.urdf.xacro
rename to ur5_description/urdf/robot.urdf.xacro
index 986966c0432d5bc2cc24f642caab365e88b908a8..81ce45c74b26d298d7545fd73217b708ba06f59a 100644
--- a/universal_robot_description/urdf/robot.urdf.xacro
+++ b/ur5_description/urdf/robot.urdf.xacro
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ center_of_mass = [ [0, -0.02561, 0.00193], [0.2125, 0, 0.11336], [0.11993, 0.0,
   <link name="upper_arm_link">
     <visual>
       <geometry>
-       <mesh filename="package://universal_robot_description/meshes/UpperArm.dae" />
+       <mesh filename="package://ur5_description/meshes/UpperArm.dae" />
       </geometry>
       <origin xyz="0.0 0.0 0.0" rpy="0.0 0.0 0.0" />
     </visual>