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Feature and Performance Comparison of the V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS Robot Simulators

verfasst von : Lenka Pitonakova, Manuel Giuliani, Anthony Pipe, Alan Winfield

Erschienen in: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this paper, the characteristics and performance of three open-source simulators for robotics, V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS, are thoroughly analysed and compared. While they all allow for programming in C++, they also represent clear alternatives when it comes to the trade-off between complexity and performance. Attention is given to their built-in features, robot libraries, programming methods and the usability of their user interfaces. Benchmark test results are reported in order to identify how well the simulators can cope with environments of varying complexity. The richness of features of V-REP and the strong performance of Gazebo and ARGoS in complex scenes are highlighted. Various usability issues of Gazebo are also noted.

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Metadaten
Titel
Feature and Performance Comparison of the V-REP, Gazebo and ARGoS Robot Simulators
verfasst von
Lenka Pitonakova
Manuel Giuliani
Anthony Pipe
Alan Winfield
Copyright-Jahr
2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96728-8_30