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:sunglasses: A curated list of robotics libraries and software
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Awesome Robotics Libraries
A curated list of robotics simulators and libraries.
Table of Contents
Simulators
Free or Open Source
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AI2-THOR - Python framework with a Unity backend, providing interaction, navigation, and manipulation support for household based robotic agents [github
] - AirSim - Simulator based on Unreal Engine for autonomous vehicles [github
] -
ARGoS - Physics-based simulator designed to simulate large-scale robot swarms [github
] -
ARTE - Matlab toolbox focussed on robotic manipulators [github
] -
CARLA - Open-source simulator for autonomous driving research [github
] -
CoppeliaSim - Formaly V-REP. Virtual robot experimentation platform [github
] -
Gazebo - Dynamic multi-robot simulator [github
] -
GraspIt! - Simulator for grasping research that can accommodate arbitrary hand and robot designs [github
] -
Habitat-Sim - Simulation platform for research in embodied artificial intelligence [github
] -
Hexapod Robot Simulator - Open-source hexapod robot inverse kinematics and gaits visualizer [github
] -
Ignition Gazebo - Open source robotics simulator [github
] - Isaac - Nvidia's virtual simulator for robots
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MORSE - Modular open robots simulation engine [github
] - Neurorobotics Platform - Internet-accessible simulation of robots controlled by spiking neural networks [bitbucket]
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PyBullet - An easy to use simulator for robotics and deep reinforcement learning [github
] -
Robot Gui - A three.js based 3D robot interface [github
] - Simbad - A Java 3D robot simulator, enables to write own robot controller with modifying environment using available sensors.
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Unity - Popular game engine that now offers open-source tools, tutorials, and resources for robotics simulation [github
] -
Webots - Robot simulator that provides a complete development environment [github
]
Commercial
- Actin Simulation
- Artiminds - Planning, programming, operation, analysis and optimization
- Kineo - Path planning and trajectory optimization for industrial robotics and digital mock-up review applications
- RobotDK - Simulation and OLP for robots
- RobotStudio
- Robot Virtual Worlds
- Virtual Robotics Toolkit
- Visual Components
Cloud
- AWS RoboMaker - Service that makes it easy to develop, test, and deploy intelligent robotics applications at scale
Libraries
Dynamics Simulation
:warning: The following table is not complete. Please feel free to report if you find something incorrect or missing.
| Name | Models | Features | Languages | Licenses | Code | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCSim | soft | C++ | ||||
| Bullet | rigid, soft | ik, id, urdf, sdf | C++, Python | Zlib | github | |
| CHRONO::ENGINE | rigid, soft, granular, fluid | ik, urdf | C++, Python | BSD-3-Clause | github |  |
| DART | rigid, soft | ik, id, plan, urdf, sdf | C++, Python | BSD-2-Clause | github |  |
| Drake | rigid, aero, fluid | ik, trj-opt, plan | C++, Matlab | BSD-3-Clause | github |  |
| Flex | rigid, soft, particle, fluid | C++ | github |  |
||
| FROST | rigid | MATLAB | BSD-3-Clause | github |  |
|
| IBDS | rigid, particle | C++ | Zlib | |||
| idyntree | rigid | id | C++, Python, Matlab, Lua | LGPL-2.1 | github |  |
| KDL | rigid | ik | C++ | LGPL-2.1 | github |  |
| kindr | rigid | (todo) | C++, Matlab | BSD-3-Clause | github |  |
| Klampt | (todo) | (todo) | C++, Python | BSD-3-Clause | github |  |
| LibrePilot | uav, vehicles | (todo) | C++ | GPL-3.0 | bitbucket, github |  |
| MARS | (todo) | (todo) | C++, Python | LGPL-3.0 | github |  |
| MBDyn | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | GPL-2.1 | download | |
| MBSim | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | (not specified) | github |  |
| MBSlib | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | LGPL-3.0 | github |  |
| metapod | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | LGPL-3.0 | github |  |
| Moby | rigid | id | C++ | GPL-2.0 | github |  |
| mrpt | vehicle | slam, cv | C++, Python, Matlab | BSD-3-Clause | github |  |
| MuJoCo | (todo) | id | C++, Python | licenses | closed source | |
| mvsim | vehicle | (todo) | C++ | GPL-3.0 | github |  |
| Newton Dynamics | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | Zlib | github |  |
| nphysics | (todo) | (todo) | Rust | BSD-3-Clause | github |  |
| ODE | rigid | C++ | LGPL-2.1 or BSD-3-Clause | bitbucket | ||
| OpenRAVE | (todo) | (todo) | C++, Python | LGPL-3.0 | github |  |
| pinocchio | rigid | ik, id, urdf, analytical derivatives, code generation | C++, Python | BSD-2-Clause | github |  |
| PositionBasedDynamics | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | MIT | github |  |
| PhysX | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | unknown | github |  |
| PyDy | (todo) | (todo) | Python | BSD-3-Clause | github |  |
| RBDL | rigid | ik,id,urdf | C++, Python | Zlib | github |  |
| RBDyn | rigid | (todo) | C++, Python | LGPL-3.0 | github |  |
| RaiSim | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | custom | github |  |
| ReactPhysics3d | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | Zlib | github |  |
| RigidBodyDynamics.jl | rigid | (todo) | Julia | MIT "Expat" | github |  |
| Rigs of Rods | rigid, soft, vehicle | (todo) | C++ | GPL-3.0 | github |  |
| Robopy | (todo) | (todo) | Python 3 | MIT | github |  |
| robosuite | (todo) | (todo) | Python | MIT | github |  |
| Robotics Library | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | GPL-3.0 or BSD-2-Clause | github |  |
| RobWork | (todo) | (todo) | C++ | Apache-2.0 | gitlab | |
| siconos | (todo) | (todo) | C++, Python | Apache-2.0 | github |  |
| Simbody | rigid, molecules | id, urdf | C++ | Apache-2.0 | github |  |
| SOFA | rigid, soft, medical | (todo) | C++ | LGPL-2.1 | github |  |
| Tiny Differentiable Simulator | rigid | (todo) | C++, Python | Apache-2.0 | github |  |
| trep | rigid | dm, trj-opt | C, Python | GPL-3.0 | github |  |
| qu3e | rigid | - | C++ | Zlib | github |  |
For simplicity, shortened names are used to represent the supported models and features as
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Supported Models
- rigid: rigid bodies
- soft: soft bodies
- aero: aerodynamics
- granular: granular materials (like sand)
- fluid: fluid dynamics
- vehicles
- uav: unmanned aerial vehicles (like drones)
- medical
- molecules
- parallel: parallel mechanism (like Stewart platform)
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Features on Simulation, Analysis, Planning, Control Design
- dm: discrete mechanics
- ik: inverse kinematics solvers (please find IK specialized packages in this list)
- id: inverse dynamics
- slam: simultaneous localization and mapping
- trj-opt: trajectory optimization
- plan: motion planning algorithms
- cv: computer vision
- urdf: urdf parser
- sdf: sdf parser
Inverse Kinematics
- IKBT - A python package to solve robot arm inverse kinematics in symbolic form [github
] - RelaxedIK - Real-time Synthesis of Accurate and Feasible Robot Arm Motion [github
] -
Trip - A python package that solves inverse kinematics of parallel-, serial- or hybrid-robots [github
]
Machine Learning
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AllenAct - Python/PyTorch-based Research Framework for Embodied AI [github
] - DLL - Deep Learning Library (DLL) for C++ [github
] -
DyNet - The Dynamic Neural Network Toolkit [github
] -
Fido - Lightweight C++ machine learning library for embedded electronics and robotics [github
] -
Ivy - Unified Machine Learning Framework [github
] - MiniDNN - A header-only C++ library for deep neural networks [github
] -
mlpack - Scalable C++ machine learning library [github
] -
OpenAI Gym - Developing and comparing reinforcement learning algorithms [github
]
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RLLib - Temporal-difference learning algorithms in reinforcement learning [github
] -
tiny-dnn - Header only, dependency-free deep learning framework in C++14 [github
]
]
]Motion Planning and Control
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AIKIDO - Solving robotic motion planning and decision making problems. [github
] - CuiKSuite - Applications to solve position analysis and path planning problems
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Control Toolbox - Open-Source C++ Library for Robotics, Optimal and Model Predictive Control [github
] - Crocoddyl - Optimal control library for robot control under contact sequence [github
] - Fields2Cover - Robust and efficient coverage paths for autonomous agricultural vehicles [github
] - GPMP2 - Gaussian Process Motion Planner 2 [github
] - HPP - Path planning for kinematic chains in environments cluttered with obstacles [github]
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MoveIt! - Motion planning framework [github
] -
OMPL - Open motion planning library [bitbucket, github
] - OCS2 - Efficient continuous and discrete time optimal control implementation [bitbucket]
- pymanoid - Humanoid robotics prototyping environment based on OpenRAVE [github
] - ROS Behavior Tree - [github
] -
Ruckig - Real-time, time-optimal and jerk-constrained online trajectory generation. [github
] -
The Kautham Project - A robot simulation toolkit for motion planning [github
] -
TOPP-RA - Time-parameterizing robot trajectories subject to kinematic and dynamic constraints [github
]
Motion Optimizer
- TopiCo - Time-optimal Trajectory Generation and Control [github
] -
towr - A light-weight, Eigen-based C++ library for trajectory optimization for legged robots [github
] - TrajectoryOptimization - A fast trajectory optimization library written in Julia [github
] -
trajopt - Framework for generating robot trajectories by local optimization [github
]
Nearest Neighbor
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Cover-Tree - Cover tree data structure for quick k-nearest-neighbor search [github
]
- Faster cover trees by Mike Izbicki et al., ICML 2015.
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FLANN - Fast Library for Approximate Nearest Neighbors [github
] -
nanoflann - Nearest Neighbor search with KD-trees [github
]
3D Mapping
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libpointmatcher - Iterative Closest Point library for 2-D/3-D mapping in Robotics [github
] - Octree - Fast radius neighbor search with an Octree [github
] -
OctoMap - Efficient Probabilistic 3D Mapping Framework Based on Octrees [github
] -
PCL - 2D/3D image and point cloud processing [github
] - Treexy - Brutally fast, sparse, 3D Voxel Grid [github
] - voxblox - Flexible voxel-based mapping focusing on truncated and Euclidean signed distance fields [github
] - Utility Software
]Optimization
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CasADi - Symbolic framework for algorithmic differentiation and numeric optimization [github
] -
Ceres Solver - Large scale nonlinear optimization library [github
] - eigen-qld - Interface to use the QLD QP solver with the Eigen3 library [github
] -
EXOTica - Generic optimisation toolset for robotics platforms [github
] - hpipm - High-performance interior-point-method QP solvers (Ipopt, Snopt) [github
] -
HYPRE - Parallel solvers for sparse linear systems featuring multigrid methods [github
] - ifopt - An Eigen-based, light-weight C++ Interface to Nonlinear Programming Solvers (Ipopt, Snopt) [github
] -
Ipopt - Large scale nonlinear optimization library [github
] - libcmaes - Blackbox stochastic optimization using the CMA-ES algorithm [github
] -
limbo - Gaussian processes and Bayesian optimization of black-box functions [github
] - lpsolvers - Linear Programming solvers in Python with a unified API [github
] -
NLopt - Nonlinear optimization [github
] -
OptimLib - Lightweight C++ library of numerical optimization methods for nonlinear functions [github
] -
OSQP - The Operator Splitting QP Solver [github
] -
Pagmo - Scientific library for massively parallel optimization [github
] -
pymoo - Multi-objective Optimization in Python [github
] - qpsolvers - Quadratic Programming solvers in Python with a unified API [github
] -
RobOptim - Numerical Optimization for Robotics. [github
] -
SCS - Numerical optimization for solving large-scale convex cone problems [github
] -
SHOT - A solver for mixed-integer nonlinear optimization problems [github
] - sferes2 - Evolutionary computation [github
]
Robot Modeling
Robot Model Description Format
- SDF - XML format that describes objects and environments for robot simulators, visualization, and control (bitbucket)
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urdf - XML format for representing a robot model [github
]
Utility to Build Robot Models
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onshape-to-robot - Converting OnShape assembly to robot definition (SDF or URDF) through OnShape API [github
] - phobos - Add-on for Blender creating URDF and SMURF robot models [github
]
Robot Platform
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AutoRally - High-performance testbed for advanced perception and control research [github
] -
Linorobot - ROS compatible ground robots [github
]
- Rock - Software framework for robotic systems
- ROS - Flexible framework for writing robot software [github repos]
- ROS 2 - Version 2.0 of the Robot Operating System (ROS) software stack [github repos]
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YARP - Communication and device interfaces applicable from humanoids to embedded devices [github
]
]SLAM
- AprilSAM - Real-time smoothing and mapping [github
] - Cartographer - Real-time SLAM in 2D and 3D across multiple platforms and sensor configurations [github
] -
DSO - Novel direct and sparse formulation for Visual Odometry [github
] - ElasticFusion - Real-time dense visual SLAM system [github
] -
fiducials - Simultaneous localization and mapping using fiducial markers [github
] - GTSAM - Smoothing and mapping (SAM) in robotics and vision [github
] - Kintinuous - Real-time large scale dense visual SLAM system [github
] -
LSD-SLAM - Real-time monocular SLAM [github
] - ORB-SLAM2 - Real-time SLAM library for Monocular, Stereo and RGB-D cameras [github
] -
RTAP-Map - RGB-D Graph SLAM approach based on a global Bayesian loop closure detector [github
] -
SRBA - Solving SLAM/BA in relative coordinates with flexibility for different submapping strategies [github
]
SLAM Dataset
Vision
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ViSP - Visual Servoing Platform [github
] -
BundleTrack - 6D Pose Tracking for Novel Objects without 3D Models [github
] -
se(3)-TrackNet - 6D Pose Tracking for Novel Objects without 3D Models [github
]
Fluid
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Fluid Engine Dev - Jet - Fluid simulation engine for computer graphics applications [github
]
Multiphysics
]Math
- Fastor - Light-weight high performance tensor algebra framework in C++11/14/17 [github
] - linalg.h - Single header public domain linear algebra library for C++11 [github
] - manif - Small c++11 header-only library for Lie theory. [github
] - Sophus - Lie groups using Eigen [github
] - SpaceVelAlg - Spatial vector algebra with the Eigen3 [github
]
ETC
- fuse - General architecture for performing sensor fusion live on a robot [github
] -
Foxglove Studio – A fully integrated visualization and debugging desktop app for your robotics data. Combines functionality of tools like
rviz,rqt, and more. Also available via web app.
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- Awesome Robotics (ahundt)
- Awesome Robotic Tooling
- Awesome Artificial Intelligence
- Awesome Collision Detection
- Awesome Computer Vision
- Awesome Machine Learning
- Awesome Deep Learning
- Awesome Gazebo
- Awesome Grasping
- Awesome Human Robot Interaction
- PythonRobotics - Python sample codes for robotics algorithms
- Robotics Coursework - A list of robotics courses you can take online
Contributing
Contributions are very welcome! Please read the contribution guidelines first. Also, please feel free to report any error.
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