Research Article

Design of a Dynamic Simulator for a Biped Robot

Table 1

Features of the most popular robotics simulators.

SimulatorProgramming languagesSimulation enginesGraphic engineLicenseOperating systemsOpen sourceDocumentation

GazeboPythonODEOGREGPL freeMac OS XYesGood
BulletLinux
Simbody DARTWindows

V-RepPythonODEOpenGLV-Rep Pro EduMac OS XYesGood
C/C++BulletFree licenseLinux
Java MatlabVortexWindows

WebotsPythonODECommercialMac OS XNoGood
C/C++Linux
Java MatlabWindows

OpenHRPPythonOwn engineEclipse Public LicenseWindowsYesGood
C/C++Linux
Java Matlab