[ros-users] [Discourse.ros.org] [Maritime Robotics] Announcing Release 0.2 of the Virtual Maritime Robotics Challenge Simulation

[Brian Bingham]

We are happy to announce the release of version 0.2.0 of the [Virtual Maritime Robotics Challenge (VMRC) project](https://bitbucket.org/osrf/vmrc/). The release includes a number of new features that will be of general interest to groups working with unmanned surface vessels and of particular interest to teams participating in the 2018 [RobotX](https://www.robotx.org/) competition.

Some of the new features include:

* Improved environmental models for wind and wave environmental forcing

* Configuration examples for commonly used sensors (cameras, 3D LiDAR, etc.)

* Configuration examples for commonly used propulsion designs and user customizable propulsion curves

* Reconfigurable models for competition course elements to allow for building custom courses from buoys, totems, light buoy, docks, placards, etc.

* Gazebo plugins to specify dynamic course elements (light buoy and docking placards)

* Docker support tutorials and downloadable Docker Hub images.

* Expanded tutorials

Watch a short [highlight video](https://youtu.be/QvottL9P75M) to get an overview of what features are included.

The project is still in active development, so feedback and contributions are greatly appreciated.





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