diff --git a/fetch_calibration/COLCON_IGNORE b/fetch_calibration/COLCON_IGNORE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/fetch_depth_layer/COLCON_IGNORE b/fetch_depth_layer/COLCON_IGNORE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/fetch_description/CMakeLists.txt b/fetch_description/CMakeLists.txt
index d8513811..e1ffa0bb 100644
--- a/fetch_description/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fetch_description/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 project(fetch_description)
 
-find_package(catkin)
-catkin_package()
+find_package(ament_cmake REQUIRED)
 
-install(DIRECTORY meshes
-  DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_SHARE_DESTINATION}
+install(
+  DIRECTORY meshes robots
+  DESTINATION share/${PROJECT_NAME}
 )
 
-install(DIRECTORY robots
-  DESTINATION ${CATKIN_PACKAGE_SHARE_DESTINATION}
-)
+ament_package()
diff --git a/fetch_description/package.xml b/fetch_description/package.xml
index fae619ec..833b14e0 100644
--- a/fetch_description/package.xml
+++ b/fetch_description/package.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<package format="2">
+<?xml-model href="http://download.ros.org/schema/package_format3.xsd" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
+<package format="3">
   <name>fetch_description</name>
   <version>0.8.3</version>
   <description>
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/fetchrobotics/fetch_ros/issues</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/fetchrobotics/fetch_ros</url>
 
-  <buildtool_depend>catkin</buildtool_depend>
+  <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
+  
   <exec_depend>urdf</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>xacro</exec_depend>
+
+  <export>
+    <build_type>ament_cmake</build_type>
+  </export>
 </package>
diff --git a/fetch_ikfast_plugin/COLCON_IGNORE b/fetch_ikfast_plugin/COLCON_IGNORE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/fetch_maps/COLCON_IGNORE b/fetch_maps/COLCON_IGNORE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/fetch_moveit_config/COLCON_IGNORE b/fetch_moveit_config/COLCON_IGNORE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/fetch_navigation/COLCON_IGNORE b/fetch_navigation/COLCON_IGNORE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/fetch_ros/COLCON_IGNORE b/fetch_ros/COLCON_IGNORE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/fetch_teleop/COLCON_IGNORE b/fetch_teleop/COLCON_IGNORE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b