Hi,

behind the scenes, gazebo uses ODE as it's physics engine, so
basically, you're already running ODE. I'm not totally sure what you
want to achieve. If you want a simulator that provides you with
scenarios/test cases for your 3 dimensional navigational algorithm,
your best bet would probably be to look at the available options
(gazebo, MORSE, USARsim etc.) and use (or modify/customize) one of
them. On the other hand, if you for example want to do some fast
predictive physics simulation inside your navigation algorithm, it
might make sense to look into physics engines themselves (ODE, bullet
etc.).

regards,
Stefan

2011/12/1 Arkapravo Bhaumik <arkapravobhaumik@gmail.com>:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to develop a 3 dimensional navigational algorithm. As of now, I
> have issues with gazebo - I am not very cool with xml, I use an old laptop
> and complicated gazebo models crash etc. Would ODE be an alternative ? Can I
> use ODE with ROS nodes ?
>
> Regards
>
> Arkapravo
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