When I started my Masters back in 2007, I really struggled to find a decent simulator for robotics and AI. There were lists, but no real downloads. 4 Years later and I can actually offer some advice to users.
Obviously, I am a huge fan of the Micrsoft Robotics Developer Studio - it has everything a boy could ask for - the CCR, DSS along with managed code (C#) and not having to change operating systems was a huge plus for me.
But then I learnt of ROS - the Robot Operating System. This was quite a shocker for me, finding out that most robotocists use this software on linux. I have yet to get Linux on my home PC, but at my old work PC - I struggled with getting ROS going. However that may have been proxy server issues. I'm still going to give it a bash [linux pun].
Today I found out about another simulator - SimSpark. This is a simulation environment whose purpose is to aid developers in various speheres of reality (2d, 3d, I even think it may help data-driven environments) with a generic linux/windows platform. [DOWNLOAD]
There are others available, so please comment and list your favorite ones - I think all readers can benefit :)
Saturday, May 7, 2011
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Glad to hear that you're back. I still prefer MRDS, although it's samples haven't been updated for a long while.
I know - I noticed their news feed has not been updated in over a year.
To be honest I can imagine that corporate adoption of the technology would be difficult, but what I don't understand is why MS isn't partnering with smaller start-ups to try and achieve Bill Gates' goal of a robot in every home...
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