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This is a list of robotics software, including software frameworks, robot software, middleware, computer vision, robotics simulators, motion planning libraries, industrial robot programming tools, robot programming languages, and educational robotics environments.

Robot operating systems, middleware, frameworks and suites

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See also: Robotics middleware and Robotics suite
Software Type Description
ACROSS Project Robotics software project European robotics project for developing reusable software components and integration methods for robot systems.
BrickOS Embedded robot operating system Open-source operating system and alternative firmware for Lego Mindstorms RCX robots.
Concurrency and Coordination Runtime Runtime library .NET-based runtime used by Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio for coordinating asynchronous and concurrent robotics services.
DialogOS Dialog system / robotics software Graphical programming environment for creating spoken-dialog systems, including applications in human–robot interaction.
Harmony Real-time research operating system Experimental real-time operating system developed at the National Research Council Canada and used in robotics research.
Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio Robotics development environment Discontinued Windows-based environment for robot control and simulation, aimed at academic, hobbyist, and commercial developers.[1]
MIRA Middleware / robotics framework Cross-platform C++ framework providing middleware, base functionalities, and tools for developing and testing robotic applications.[2]
MRPT Robotics library / suite Open-source C++ toolkit with applications and libraries for common robotics research areas, including mapping, localization, SLAM, and navigation.[3]
NVIDIA Isaac ROS ROS 2 package collection Collection of NVIDIA-accelerated ROS 2 packages for robotics applications, including GPU-accelerated robotics and vision components.[4][5]
OpenRTM-aist RT middleware implementation Software platform developed on the basis of the RT middleware standard.
Orocos Robot control framework Open Robot Control Software project providing portable C++ libraries for advanced machine and robot control.[6]
Player Project Robot device interface and simulation framework Free and open-source robotics software project that includes the Player robot device server and the Stage simulator.[7]
Python Robotics Robotics algorithms collection Open-source Python collection of robotics algorithms, including examples for localization, mapping, path planning, path tracking, and control.
ROS Robotics middleware / software framework Open-source set of software libraries and tools for building robot applications.[8]
RT middleware Middleware standard Robotics Technology Middleware platform for constructing robot systems from networked software components.[9]
Turing OS Robot operating system Artificial-intelligence robot operating system developed by Turing Robot for multimodal human–robot interaction.
URBI Robotics software platform Cross-platform software platform and scripting language for robotics and complex systems.
VxWorks Real-time operating system Real-time operating system with build support for running selected ROS 2 packages on VxWorks 7.[10]
YARP Middleware Library and toolkit for robot communication and device interfaces, used in systems ranging from humanoid robots to embedded devices.[11]

Simulation software

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See also: Robotics simulator
Software Type Description
AirSim Autonomous-vehicle and robotics simulator Open-source simulator for drones, cars, and other autonomous systems, originally developed by Microsoft Research.
AnimatLab Neuromechanical and robotics simulator Free 3D neuromechanical simulation software for building biologically inspired virtual organisms and robots.[12]
AnyKode Marilou Robot simulator Modeling and simulation environment for mobile robots, humanoids, articulated arms, and parallel robots.[13]
ARGoS Swarm robotics simulator Multi-physics simulator designed for large-scale robot swarm simulation.[14]
Asynchronous multi-body framework Robot simulator Open-source framework for real-time dynamic simulation of robots, multi-body systems, soft bodies, and haptic interaction.[15]
CoppeliaSim Robot simulator Robot simulation platform used for algorithm development, factory automation simulation, prototyping, education, and digital twins.[16]
Gazebo Robot simulator Open-source robotics simulator with physics, rendering, sensor models, plugins, a graphical interface, and message-passing interfaces.[17]
MuJoCo Physics engine / robot simulation Free and open-source physics engine used for robotics, biomechanics, graphics, animation, and machine learning research.[18]
NVIDIA Isaac Sim Robotics simulator Robotics simulation platform built on NVIDIA Omniverse for robot simulation, testing, and synthetic data generation.[19]
PyBullet Physics simulation Python module Python module based on the Bullet Physics SDK for physics simulation, robotics, and reinforcement-learning applications.[20]
RoboDK Industrial robot simulator / offline programming software Software for simulating and programming robot arms offline for manufacturing and automation.[21]
RoboLogix Industrial robot simulator Robotics simulation software package used to teach, test, run, and debug industrial robot programs in simulated manufacturing applications.
Robotics Toolbox for MATLAB Robotics simulation and analysis toolbox MATLAB toolbox for analyzing and simulating mobile robots and robot manipulators.[22]
Simbad robot simulator Robot simulator Open-source Java 3D robot simulator for scientific and educational applications in autonomous robotics and artificial intelligence.[23]
SimSpark Multiagent simulation system Generic simulator for multiagent physical simulations used in AI and robotics research.[24]
Visual Components Manufacturing and robot simulation software Manufacturing simulation and offline robot programming software for industrial automation workflows.[25]
Webots Robot simulator Open-source, multi-platform desktop application for modeling, programming, and simulating robots.[26]

Motion planning, modeling, and control

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See also: Automated planning and scheduling and List of algorithms for motion planning
Software Type Description
Drake Robot modeling and control toolbox C++ toolbox for analyzing robot dynamics and building control systems, with an emphasis on optimization-based design and analysis.[27]
MoveIt Motion-planning and manipulation framework Motion planning, manipulation, and kinematics framework for ROS.[28]
OMPL Motion-planning library Open Motion Planning Library, a software package for motion planning using sampling-based algorithms.[29]
OpenRAVE Motion-planning and simulation framework Framework for testing, developing, and deploying motion planning algorithms in real-world robotics applications.[30]
Orocos KDL Kinematics and dynamics library C++ library from the Orocos project for modeling kinematic chains and computing forward and inverse kinematics and dynamics.[31][32]

Computer vision

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See also: List of AI algorithms for computer vision and perception
Software Type Description
AForge.NET Computer vision framework C# framework for computer vision, artificial intelligence, image processing, machine learning, and robotics-related applications.[33]
Dlib Machine learning and computer vision library Cross-platform C++ library with machine-learning and image-processing tools used in robotics, embedded devices, and other real-world software applications.[34]
OpenCV Computer vision library Open-source computer vision and machine learning software library used in robotics for image processing, object detection, camera calibration, visual tracking, and robot perception.[35]
SwisTrack Vision tracking software Open-source video tracking software for tracking robots and other objects from camera or recorded video input.[36]
Tesseract Optical character recognition engine Open-source optical character recognition engine used for extracting text from images and scanned documents, including computer-vision and image-processing workflows.[37]

Robot programming languages

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See also: Action language, Planning Domain Definition Language, and Action description language
Language Type Description
A Manufacturing Language Industrial robot programming language Robot programming language developed by IBM for its RS 1 robot and Robot Manufacturing System product line.[38]
Enchanting Educational robot programming language Free and open-source Scratch-like programming language for programming Lego Mindstorms NXT robots.[39]
EusLisp Robot programming language Lisp-based object-oriented programming system designed for robotics research and intelligent robot development.[40]
GOLOG Logic programming language High-level logic programming language for specifying and executing complex actions in dynamic domains, including autonomous-agent and robot-control applications.[41]
KUKA Robot Language Industrial robot programming language Programming language used for programming KUKA industrial robot controllers.
leJOS Educational robotics firmware and programming environment Java-based replacement firmware and programming environment for Lego Mindstorms programmable bricks.[42]
Microsoft Visual Programming Language Visual robot programming language Visual dataflow programming language included with Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio for building robotics applications.[1]
PLEXIL Plan-execution language Plan Execution Interchange Language, a programming language and execution system for automating plans on real or simulated systems.[43]
RAPID Industrial robot programming language Programming language used for ABB industrial robots and RobotWare controllers.[44]
Urbiscript Robot scripting language Parallel and event-driven scripting language used with the Urbi robotics platform.[45]
URScript Robot programming language Programming language developed by Universal Robots for controlling Universal Robots robot arms.[46]
Variable Assembly Language Industrial robot programming language Early robot programming language associated with Unimation industrial robots.
WSFN Robot control language Small interpreted programming language for controlling robots, created by Li-Chen Wang and later adapted for turtle graphics.[47]

Industrial control and PLC software

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Name Type Description
CODESYS PLC programming environment Software used to program industrial controllers, including robotics-related automation systems and ROS-connected robot workflows.[48]
TIA Portal PLC and automation engineering software Siemens automation engineering software used in industrial robotics workflows, including robot integration through the Simatic Robot Library.[49]
TwinCAT PLC, motion-control and robotics software Automation software used for PC-based control, including robotics, motion control and PLC applications.[50]

Educational and Lego robotics software

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See also: Educational robotics
Software Type Description
Actor-Lab Educational robot programming environment Programming environment associated with Lego Mindstorms and educational robotics.
Bricx Command Center Lego Mindstorms programming environment Integrated development environment for programming Lego Mindstorms RCX, Scout, Spybotics, NXT, and EV3 robots.
Lego Mindstorms Educational robotics software and hardware ecosystem Discontinued line of educational kits for building programmable robots based on Lego bricks.
Lego Mindstorms EV3 Educational robotics platform Third-generation Lego Mindstorms robotics kit and programming platform.
Lego Mindstorms NXT Educational robotics platform Second-generation Lego Mindstorms robotics kit and programming platform.
Open Roberta Educational robot programming environment Open-source graphical programming environment for programming robots and microcontrollers in educational contexts.[51]
QDriverStation Driver-station software Free and open-source driver-station software for FIRST Robotics Competition robots, developed as an alternative to the official FRC Driver Station.[52]
RoboBlockly Educational robot simulation environment Web-based Blockly-style robot simulation environment for learning coding, robotics, mathematics, science, and art.
RoboMind Educational programming environment Educational programming environment based around controlling a virtual robot.

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References

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