[ros-users] Robot Simulator V-REP now open source.

[Marc Freese]

Dear Jonathan,

The whole source code can be downloaded from the website. The header 
part of the source code will indicate additional details about the license.
Make sure to also have a look at following page:

http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/licensing.html

Best regards,

Marc

On 24.01.2013 20:51, Jonathan Bohren wrote:
> Marc,
>
> Of those points listed in this announcement, which features are 
> released under an open-source license?
>
> Thanks!
> -j
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Marc Freese 
> <marc at coppeliarobotics.com <mailto:marc at coppeliarobotics.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear ROS community,
>
>     We are happy to announce that the V-REP robot simulator, that
>     includes an extensive and powerful ROS interface, is now open
>     source. As of now, it is also fully free and without any
>     limitation for students, teachers, professors, schools and
>     universities. No registration required. Moreover, V-REP is now
>     available for customization and sub-licensing.
>
>     V-REP is the Swiss army knife among robot simulators: you won't
>     find a simulator with more features and functions, or a more
>     elaborate API:
>
>     - Cross-platform: Windows, Mac OSX and Linux (32 & 64 bit)
>     - Open source: full source code downloadable and compilable.
>     Precompiled binaries also available for each platform
>     - 6 programming approaches: embedded scripts, plugins, add-ons,
>     ROS nodes, remote API clients, or custom solutions
>     - 6 programming languages: C/C++, Python, Java, Lua, Matlab, and Urbi
>     - API: more than 400 different functions
>     - ROS: >100 services, >30 publisher types, >25 subscriber types,
>     extendable
>     - Importers/exporters: URDF, COLLADA, DXF, OBJ, 3DS, STL
>     - 2 Physics engines: ODE and Bullet
>     - Kinematic solver: IK and FK for ANY mechanism, can also be
>     embedded on your robot
>     - Interference detection: calculations between ANY meshes. Very fast
>     - Minimum distance calculation: calculations between ANY meshes.
>     Very fast
>     - Path planning: holonomic in 2-6 dimensions and non-holonomic for
>     car-like vehicles
>     - Vision sensors: includes built-in image processing, fully extendable
>     - Proximity sensors: very realistic and fast (minimum distance
>     within a detection volume)
>     - User interfaces: built-in, fully customizable (editor included)
>     - Robot motion library: fully integrated Reflexxes Motion Library
>     type 4
>     - Data recording and visualisation: time graphs, X/Y graphs or 3D
>     curves
>     - Shape edit modes: includes a semi-automatic primitive shape
>     extraction method
>     - Dynamic particles: simulation of water- or air-jets
>     - Model browser: includes drag-and-drop functionality, also during
>     simulation
>     - Other: Multi-level undo/redo, movie recorder, convex
>     decomposition, simulation of paint, exhaustive documentation, etc.
>
>     For more information, please visit http://www.coppeliarobotics.com
>     or have a look at following demo video:
>
>     http://youtu.be/bwGYUayglHY
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Marc
>
>     -- 
>     Dr. Marc Freese
>     Coppelia Robotics / V-REP
>     Mobile: +41 79 830 83 56 <tel:%2B41%2079%20830%2083%2056>
>     marc at coppeliarobotics.com <mailto:marc at coppeliarobotics.com>
>     http://www.coppeliarobotics.com
>
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> -- 
> Jonathan Bohren
> PhD Student
> Dynamical Systems and Control Laboratory
> Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics
> The Johns Hopkins University
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-- 
Dr. Marc Freese
Coppelia Robotics / V-REP
Mobile: +41 79 830 83 56
marc at coppeliarobotics.com
http://www.coppeliarobotics.com

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