diff --git a/examples/manipulation_station/joint_teleop.py b/examples/manipulation_station/joint_teleop.py
index a72425afc018..173abb6b291f 100644
--- a/examples/manipulation_station/joint_teleop.py
+++ b/examples/manipulation_station/joint_teleop.py
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@
 from pydrake.util.eigen_geometry import Isometry3
 
 
+def RenderSystemWithGraphviz(system, output_file="system_view.gz"):
+    ''' Renders the Drake system (presumably a diagram,
+    otherwise this graph will be fairly trivial) using
+    graphviz to a specified file. '''
+    from graphviz import Source
+    string = system.GetGraphvizString()
+    src = Source(string)
+    src.render(output_file, view=False)
+
+
 builder = DiagramBuilder()
 
 station = builder.AddSystem(StationSimulation())
@@ -40,10 +50,16 @@
                        station.GetOutputPort("pose_bundle"))
 
 diagram = builder.Build()
+RenderSystemWithGraphviz(diagram)
 simulator = Simulator(diagram)
 
 context = diagram.GetMutableSubsystemContext(station,
                                              simulator.get_mutable_context())
+plant = station.get_mutable_multibody_plant()
+context_plant = station.GetMutableSubsystemContext(plant, context)
+context_plant.FixInputPort(
+    plant.GetInputPort("cupboard_actuation").get_index(),
+    np.zeros(2))
 
 q0 = [0, 0.6, 0, -1.75, 0, 1.0, 0]
 station.SetIiwaPosition(q0, context)
diff --git a/examples/manipulation_station/station_simulation.cc b/examples/manipulation_station/station_simulation.cc
index 00633c0978bc..a946f30af8e7 100644
--- a/examples/manipulation_station/station_simulation.cc
+++ b/examples/manipulation_station/station_simulation.cc
@@ -123,9 +123,12 @@ StationSimulation<T>::StationSimulation(double time_step)
           .GetAsIsometry3());
 
   // Add the Kuka IIWA.
+//  const std::string iiwa_sdf_path = FindResourceOrThrow(
+//      "drake/manipulation/models/iiwa_description/"
+//      "sdf/iiwa14_no_collision.sdf");
+
   const std::string iiwa_sdf_path = FindResourceOrThrow(
-      "drake/manipulation/models/iiwa_description/"
-      "sdf/iiwa14_no_collision.sdf");
+      "drake/external/models_robotlocomotion/iiwa7/iiwa7_no_collision.sdf");
   iiwa_model_ =
       AddModelFromSdfFile(iiwa_sdf_path, "iiwa", plant_, scene_graph_);
   plant_->WeldFrames(plant_->world_frame(),
diff --git a/tools/workspace/models_robotlocomotion/package.BUILD.bazel b/tools/workspace/models_robotlocomotion/package.BUILD.bazel
index e1eb7551911b..0e1991471f1f 100644
--- a/tools/workspace/models_robotlocomotion/package.BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tools/workspace/models_robotlocomotion/package.BUILD.bazel
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ filegroup(
 
 install(
     name = "install",
-    docs = ["LICENSE.TXT"],
+    # docs = ["LICENSE.TXT"],
     targets = [":models"],
 )