Webots

Webots is an open-source, multi-platform desktop application for simulating robots. It provides a comprehensive development environment for robot modeling, programming, and simulation, designed for professional use across industry, education, and research. Cyberbotics Ltd. has continuously maintained Webots since 1998.

Fast Prototyping: Design complete robotics simulations quickly using a large asset library including robots, sensors, actuators, and environments. Import existing CAD models and robot controllers. The modern GUI allows for easy simulation and controller editing, saving significant development time.

Applications: Create diverse simulations for industrial arms, autonomous vehicles, drones, underwater robots, and more. Set up interactive or static environments. Use Webots to prototype robots, develop and test AI and control algorithms, and teach robotics.

Features: The core combines a GUI (Qt), a physics engine (ODE fork), and an OpenGL 3.3 rendering engine (wren). It runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Simulations can be exported as movies or even streamed to web browsers. Robots can be programmed in C, C++, Python, Java, MATLAB, or JavaScript.

Documentation & Community: Learn fundamentals through guided tours and examples. Comprehensive documentation covers nodes, APIs, and vehicle simulation. The active community on GitHub and Reddit provides support and facilitates issue reporting.

Quality & Support: Webots is robust, deterministic, and well-documented, with backward compatibility guaranteed. Official technical support, consulting, custom development, and training are available.

Featured Samples: Explore bundled demos simulating industrial arms, autonomous vehicles, drones, and more. Interface with frameworks like ROS and create assembly line simulations.

Get Started: Download Webots, explore the guided tour, and experiment with provided examples to create your own simulations.

Portfolio: Cyberbotics partners on projects using Webots, including ROS 2 integration, RoboCup competitions, and research initiatives in AI, autonomous systems, and neuroscience. They also provide simulation expertise for industrial applications and custom robot simulators.