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Aerosim Blockset - A Matlab/Simulink block library useful for rapid development of nonlinear 6-DOF Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) dynamic models. Proprietary

ARS MAGNA: Abstract Robot Simulator - Provides an extensible

B-Soccer - A Java robot soccer simulator that use neuro-evolution techniques to evolve soccer robots control clients. Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL.

Biorobotic Simulation Program - A scripting language called Config++ that wraps a library of C++ classes for simulating the dynamics of multi-segment robotic devices. License allows non-commercial use only.

BugWorks - BugWorks lets you build and play with 2D robots using a drag-and-drop interface. It offers an introductory course on robotics in the guise of a mission-based

Camelot - A robot offline programming and simulation environment for industrial robots. Proprietary

DYNAMECHS - A multibody dynamic and hydrodynamic simulation library implemented in object oriented

Dynawiz XMR - Multibody dynamics simulation tool for robotics design and analysis. Proprietary

EASY-ROB - A 3D robot simulation and modeling tool. Proprietary software for MS Windows only. Website in English and German.

EDTSim - Electric Drive Train Simulator. Can be used as a drive train development tool for mobile robots but was specifically developed for combat R/C vehicles such as those used in BattleBots. Proprietary software.

Hexapod - A modeling environment for simulating hexapod 6DOF robotic tool platforms (Stewart Platforms). The software includes C++ source code and is Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL.

Juice - A 3D simulation environment with realistic physics for developing walking or rolling robots using a visual programming language. Run MS Windows. No source code available.

Khepera Simulator - A 2D simulator for the Khepera mobile robot. Includes C source code. For non-commercial use only.

MobotSim - A configurable 2D simulator of mobile robots. Features a graphical interface where robots and objects are easily configured. Uses BASIC as a simulation development language. Proprietary software for MS Windows.

MOBS - Mobile rOBot Simulator developed at the University of Stuttgart

Motion Planning Game - A simple simulator meant to give people a feeling for the difficulty of planning collision free motions for a robot. Binary-only for MS Windows. May be used and distributed for any purpose. Site in English and Dutch.

MotoRobots Software Libraries - A collection of Open Source embedded software libraries for mobile robotics applications

Open Dynamics Engine - ODE is a platform independent C++ library for simulating articulated rigid body dynamics; ground vehicles

POPBUGS - A 2D simulation environment for track-driven robots that includes inertia and track dynamics. Poplog source should run in most Unix/X Poplog environments.

ROBOOP - An object oriented robotics simulation toolkit in C++. Includes forward kinematics

Robot Auto Racing Simulator - RARS is intended as a competition among programmers. It consists of a simulation of the physics of cars

ROBOT3D - 3D wireframe simulator and offline programmer for industrial robots such as RCM

Robotect - OphirTech product that allow user to create

RobotFlow - Linux/Gnome Open Source robotics simulation toolkit for Overflow. Supports vision

Robotics Toolbox for MATLAB - A public domain Matlab Toolbox for robot kinematics

RobotWorks - Interactive CAD environment for workcell design and motion simulation of industrial and factory automation robots. Proprietary

Robsim - 3D Robot model viewer and simulator coded in Java and built as a college engineering project. Source available on request. Non-commercial use only.

Simderella - A simple robot simulator consisting of a controller

SodaConstructor - An online Java-based simulator that allows users to construct robots and other mechanical creations and watch them walk

System for Parallel Agent Discrete Event Simulation - SPADES is a middleware system for the creation of AI agent-based simulations. Agent have continual sense-think-act cycle interaction with the simulated world. SPADES is Free Software written in C++ and licensed under the GNU GPL.

The FLAT 2-D Robot Simulator - Simulates an RWI circular

The RoboCup Soccer Simulator - Research and educational tool for multi-agent systems and artificial intelligence. It enables two teams of 11 simulated autonomous robots to play soccer. The multiplatform C++ code is Free Software licensed under the GNU GPL.

TRSoccerbots - 3D Soccer simulation that uses teleo-reactive programming to expose the fundamental ideas involved in the creation of autonomous agents to students. Proprietary software for Microsoft Windows. May be downloaded and used without charge for education purpos

vsoc - A Java-based

Webots - Allows creation of 3D virtual worlds populated with multiple simulated robots. Supports customized wheeled

Yobotics! Simulation Construction Set - A rigid body dynamic simulation package ideally suited for simulating legged robots (bipeds