An abstract C++ physics interface for robot simulation that lets applications swap between different physics engines through a plugin system.
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Best open-source Gazebo robot simulators (2026)
These projects simulate robots in software so you can test physics, sensors and navigation before touching hardware. When choosing one, check which ROS version it targets and whether its physics and sensor models cover your robot. gz-sim is the latest Gazebo release, with physics, rendering, sensors and a GUI. vrx focuses on unmanned surface vehicles in marine scenarios, while mvsim is a lightweight 2.5D dynamics simulator for wheeled robots that runs standalone or from C++ and Python.
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An open-source ROS 2 Jazzy and Gazebo Harmonic simulation stack for autonomous mobile robots, covering mapping, localization and Nav2 navigation.
A Gazebo Sim and ROS 2 simulator for the Crazyflie 2.x nano-quadcopter, with its flight controllers, ported from the ROS 1 RotorS-based CrazyS.
Lightweight 2.5D dynamics simulator for wheeled mobile robots and vehicles, usable standalone, via ROS 1/2, or from C++ and Python.
A simulation environment built on Gazebo and ROS 2 for testing unmanned surface vehicles in marine scenarios, based on RobotX competition tasks.
Open source robotics simulator with physics, 3D rendering, sensor models and a graphical interface, the latest version of Gazebo.