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	4	Fixed a link for MORSE source \| link	edited Dec 20 '17 at 13:54 Chuck♦ 11.4k2 gold badges11 silver badges34 bronze badges
inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown For testing simple algorithms, you might be able to get by with a 2D simulator. There are a few out there that I am aware of: Stage: http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/index.php?src=stage STDR: http://stdr-simulator-ros-pkg.github.io/ Stage is an older, but useful, simulator which has integration with ROS (http: //wiki.ros.org/stage_ros) which will allow you to write code to interact with and manipulate robots in C++/Python. STDR is a newer 2D simulator which also has ROS bindings. If you want a full 3D simulator I can think of three, which again are not AI or quadrotors specific, that might meet your needs: Gazebo: http://gazebosim.org/ MORSE: http://www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/https://www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/ V-REP: http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/ Gazebo is the 3D counter part to Stage and has ROS support, and it has been used with quadrotors (http://www.ros.org/news/2012/03/announcement-of-hector-quadrotor-stack.html), though it has no out-of-the-box support for them. MORSE is based on blender and its game engine, it has ROS and YARP and Raw socket support. V-REP is a free for education simulator with support for many languages and platforms, including Windows and C#, if that is your kind of thing. For testing simple algorithms, you might be able to get by with a 2D simulator. There are a few out there that I am aware of: Stage: http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/index.php?src=stage STDR: http://stdr-simulator-ros-pkg.github.io/ Stage is an older, but useful, simulator which has integration with ROS (http: //wiki.ros.org/stage_ros) which will allow you to write code to interact with and manipulate robots in C++/Python. STDR is a newer 2D simulator which also has ROS bindings. If you want a full 3D simulator I can think of three, which again are not AI or quadrotors specific, that might meet your needs: Gazebo: http://gazebosim.org/ MORSE: http://www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/ V-REP: http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/ Gazebo is the 3D counter part to Stage and has ROS support, and it has been used with quadrotors (http://www.ros.org/news/2012/03/announcement-of-hector-quadrotor-stack.html), though it has no out-of-the-box support for them. MORSE is based on blender and its game engine, it has ROS and YARP and Raw socket support. V-REP is a free for education simulator with support for many languages and platforms, including Windows and C#, if that is your kind of thing. For testing simple algorithms, you might be able to get by with a 2D simulator. There are a few out there that I am aware of: Stage: http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/index.php?src=stage STDR: http://stdr-simulator-ros-pkg.github.io/ Stage is an older, but useful, simulator which has integration with ROS (http: //wiki.ros.org/stage_ros) which will allow you to write code to interact with and manipulate robots in C++/Python. STDR is a newer 2D simulator which also has ROS bindings. If you want a full 3D simulator I can think of three, which again are not AI or quadrotors specific, that might meet your needs: Gazebo: http://gazebosim.org/ MORSE: https://www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/ V-REP: http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/ Gazebo is the 3D counter part to Stage and has ROS support, and it has been used with quadrotors (http://www.ros.org/news/2012/03/announcement-of-hector-quadrotor-stack.html), though it has no out-of-the-box support for them. MORSE is based on blender and its game engine, it has ROS and YARP and Raw socket support. V-REP is a free for education simulator with support for many languages and platforms, including Windows and C#, if that is your kind of thing.

	3	added 2 characters in body source \| link	edited Nov 11 '14 at 2:10 wjwwood 1881 silver badge6 bronze badges
inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown For testing simple algorithms, you might be able to get by with a 2D simulator. There are a few out there that I am aware of: Stage: http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/index.php?src=stage STDR: http://stdr-simulator-ros-pkg.github.io/ Stage is an older, but useful, simulator which has integration with ROS (http: //wiki.ros.org/stage_ros) which will allow you to write code to interact with and manipulate robots in C++/Python. STDR is a newer 2D simulator which also has ROS bindings. If you want a full 3D simulator I can think of twothree, which again are not AI or quadrotors specific, that might meet your needs: Gazebo: http://gazebosim.org/ MORSE: http://www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/ V-REP: http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/ Gazebo is the 3D counter part to Stage and has ROS support, and it has been used with quadrotors (http://www.ros.org/news/2012/03/announcement-of-hector-quadrotor-stack.html), though it has no out-of-the-box support for them. MORSE is based on blender and its game engine, it has ROS and YARP and Raw socket support. V-REP is a free for education simulator with support for many languages and platforms, including Windows and C#, if that is your kind of thing. For testing simple algorithms, you might be able to get by with a 2D simulator. There are a few out there that I am aware of: Stage: http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/index.php?src=stage STDR: http://stdr-simulator-ros-pkg.github.io/ Stage is an older, but useful, simulator which has integration with ROS (http: //wiki.ros.org/stage_ros) which will allow you to write code to interact with and manipulate robots in C++/Python. STDR is a newer 2D simulator which also has ROS bindings. If you want a full 3D simulator I can think of two, which again are not AI or quadrotors specific, that might meet your needs: Gazebo: http://gazebosim.org/ MORSE: http://www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/ V-REP: http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/ Gazebo is the 3D counter part to Stage and has ROS support, and it has been used with quadrotors (http://www.ros.org/news/2012/03/announcement-of-hector-quadrotor-stack.html), though it has no out-of-the-box support for them. MORSE is based on blender and its game engine, it has ROS and YARP and Raw socket support. V-REP is a free for education simulator with support for many languages and platforms, including Windows and C#, if that is your kind of thing. For testing simple algorithms, you might be able to get by with a 2D simulator. There are a few out there that I am aware of: Stage: http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/index.php?src=stage STDR: http://stdr-simulator-ros-pkg.github.io/ Stage is an older, but useful, simulator which has integration with ROS (http: //wiki.ros.org/stage_ros) which will allow you to write code to interact with and manipulate robots in C++/Python. STDR is a newer 2D simulator which also has ROS bindings. If you want a full 3D simulator I can think of three, which again are not AI or quadrotors specific, that might meet your needs: Gazebo: http://gazebosim.org/ MORSE: http://www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/ V-REP: http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/ Gazebo is the 3D counter part to Stage and has ROS support, and it has been used with quadrotors (http://www.ros.org/news/2012/03/announcement-of-hector-quadrotor-stack.html), though it has no out-of-the-box support for them. MORSE is based on blender and its game engine, it has ROS and YARP and Raw socket support. V-REP is a free for education simulator with support for many languages and platforms, including Windows and C#, if that is your kind of thing.

	2	Fixed links source \| link	edited Sep 17 '14 at 1:04 wjwwood 1881 silver badge6 bronze badges
inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown For testing simple algorithms, you might be able to get by with a 2D simulator. There are a few out there that I am aware of: Stage: http: //playerstage.sourceforge.net/index.php?src=stagehttp://playerstage.sourceforge.net/index.php?src=stage STDR: http: //stdr-simulator-ros-pkg.github.io/http://stdr-simulator-ros-pkg.github.io/ Stage is an older, but useful, simulator which has integration with ROS (http: //wiki.ros.org/stage_ros) which will allow you to write code to interact with and manipulate robots in C++/Python. STDR is a newer 2D simulator which also has ROS bindings. If you want a full 3D simulator I can think of two, which again are not AI or quadrotors specific, that might meet your needs: Gazebo: http: //gazebosim.org/http://gazebosim.org/ MORSE: http: //www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/http://www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/ V-REP: http: //www.coppeliarobotics.com/http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/ Gazebo is the 3D counter part to Stage and has ROS support, and it has been used with quadrotors (http: //www.ros.org/news/2012/03/announcement-of-hector-quadrotor-stack.htmlhttp://www.ros.org/news/2012/03/announcement-of-hector-quadrotor-stack.html), though it has no out-of-the-box support for them. MORSE is based on blender and its game engine, it has ROS and YARP and Raw socket support. V-REP is a free for education simulator with support for many languages and platforms, including Windows and C#, if that is your kind of thing. For testing simple algorithms, you might be able to get by with a 2D simulator. There are a few out there that I am aware of: Stage: http: //playerstage.sourceforge.net/index.php?src=stage STDR: http: //stdr-simulator-ros-pkg.github.io/ Stage is an older, but useful, simulator which has integration with ROS (http: //wiki.ros.org/stage_ros) which will allow you to write code to interact with and manipulate robots in C++/Python. STDR is a newer 2D simulator which also has ROS bindings. If you want a full 3D simulator I can think of two, which again are not AI or quadrotors specific, that might meet your needs: Gazebo: http: //gazebosim.org/ MORSE: http: //www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/ V-REP: http: //www.coppeliarobotics.com/ Gazebo is the 3D counter part to Stage and has ROS support, and it has been used with quadrotors (http: //www.ros.org/news/2012/03/announcement-of-hector-quadrotor-stack.html), though it has no out-of-the-box support for them. MORSE is based on blender and its game engine, it has ROS and YARP and Raw socket support. V-REP is a free for education simulator with support for many languages and platforms, including Windows and C#, if that is your kind of thing. For testing simple algorithms, you might be able to get by with a 2D simulator. There are a few out there that I am aware of: Stage: http://playerstage.sourceforge.net/index.php?src=stage STDR: http://stdr-simulator-ros-pkg.github.io/ Stage is an older, but useful, simulator which has integration with ROS (http: //wiki.ros.org/stage_ros) which will allow you to write code to interact with and manipulate robots in C++/Python. STDR is a newer 2D simulator which also has ROS bindings. If you want a full 3D simulator I can think of two, which again are not AI or quadrotors specific, that might meet your needs: Gazebo: http://gazebosim.org/ MORSE: http://www.openrobots.org/wiki/morse/ V-REP: http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/ Gazebo is the 3D counter part to Stage and has ROS support, and it has been used with quadrotors (http://www.ros.org/news/2012/03/announcement-of-hector-quadrotor-stack.html), though it has no out-of-the-box support for them. MORSE is based on blender and its game engine, it has ROS and YARP and Raw socket support. V-REP is a free for education simulator with support for many languages and platforms, including Windows and C#, if that is your kind of thing.

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