diff --git a/robots/beetle/script/test/assembly_flag_pub.py b/robots/beetle/script/test/assembly_flag_pub.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import rospy
+import time
+from diagnostic_msgs.msg import KeyValue
+from std_msgs.msg import Bool
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+    rospy.init_node("assembly_flag_pub")
+    r = rospy.Rate(1)
+    flag_pub = rospy.Publisher('/beetle1/assembly_flag', KeyValue, queue_size = 1)
+    docking_pub = rospy.Publisher('/beetle1/docking_cmd', Bool, queue_size = 1)
+
+    flag_msg = KeyValue()
+    docking_msg = Bool()
+    time.sleep(0.5)
+
+    flag_msg.key = '1'
+    flag_msg.value = '1'
+    flag_pub.publish(flag_msg)
+    time.sleep(0.5)
+
+    flag_msg.key = '2'
+    flag_msg.value = '1'
+    flag_pub.publish(flag_msg)
+    time.sleep(0.5)
+
+    docking_msg.data = True
+    docking_pub.publish(docking_msg)
+