Overview of Top Robotics Software Platforms
August 21st, 2007 by AlexMichael Somby has done an great job at breaking down some of the top Robotics Software Platforms into short and sweet overviews in his article, “A Review of Robotics Software Platforms“. There are still some that he hasn’t had the chance to fully review (but he still provides some good resources for), but this will definitely help those (including myself) who like to get the question “Yes, but what is it?” answered quickly without having to read through 80 pages of documentation. He touched base on Evolution Robotics ERSP, Microsoft Robotics Studio, OROCOS, Skilligent, URBI, Webots, Player, Stage, Gazebo, iRobot AWARE, OpenJAUS, CLARAty.
Visuals are always nice to give a little taste, so here’s a table that I grabbed from Michael’s article:
| Platform | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Evolution Robotics ERSP | Platform | Commercial |
| Microsoft Robotics Studio | Platform | Commercial Free of charge for research and hobby |
| OROCOS | Machine and robot control libraries | Open source & free |
| Skilligent | Robot learning add on | Commercial |
| URBI | Platform | Commercial |
| Webots | Simulation environment | Commercial |
| Player, Stage, Gazebo | Platform | Open Source & Free |
| iRobot AWARE | Platform | Commercial |
| OpenJAUS | Platform | Open source |
| CLARAty | Platform | Open source |
Read the article!
