Robot Simulator: Virtual Robot Experimentation Platform (V-REP)

The Virtual Robot Experimentation Platform (V-REP: http://www.v-rep.eu ) is a robot simulator that I developed while employed at the Toshiba Corporate Research and Development Center in Kawasaki, Japan, from 2001 to 2004. It is built on various calculation modules (collision detection, distance calculation, proximity sensor simulation, inverse/forward kinematics, path planning and to a certain extent dynamics). It can be used throught the GUI that comes with it or by making appropriate function calls through the API. Entirely programmed in C++ (I coded all modules from scratch except for the embedded LUA script engine), it fits in a 1.5mb DLL file.
Btw I acquired all the rights on the software in 2006.
In the mean time the virtual robot experimentation platform has evolved quite a lot, have a look at the other videos

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• Robot
• Robotics
• Simulator
• Kinematics
• Collision
• detection
• distance
• calculation
• proximity
• sensor
• path
• planning
• dynamics
• virtual
• robot
• experimentation
• platform
• simulation

[KUKAyouBot]

I miss some KUKA robots :-)

[marcimatz]

@KUKAyouBot

You are right! But Youbot is comming soon!

[roidroid]

is your work at Cubictek related to this?

[marcimatz]

Yes it is. How did you make the link with Cubictek?! I couldn't find any reference that I made on Youtube...

[roidroid]

Your name was in the video and i googled you.

You really are astounding!

[marcimatz]

Too much of good words :)

[Deathbringer3557]

what program is required to do these animations? i've allways wanted to know that

[kincaid05]

This stuff is just absolutely incredible.

[Afroded]

This looks like Endorphin (A physics based Animator/AI engine)

[ryokeys]

great job of you!