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MultiVehicle simulator (MVSIM)

Lightweight, realistic dynamical simulator for 2D ("2.5D") vehicles and robots. It is tailored to analysis of vehicle dynamics, wheel-ground contact forces and accurate simulation of typical robot sensors (e.g. 2D and 3D lidars).

This package includes C++ libraries, standalone applications, and ROS-1 and ROS-2 nodes.

License: 3-clause BSD License Copyright (C) 2014-2023 Jose Luis Blanco [email protected] (University of Almeria) and collaborators

Docs

• Main documentation site
• https://wiki.ros.org/mvsim

Launch demos

Standalone:

mvsim launch mvsim_tutorial/mvsim_demo_warehouse.world.xml
mvsim launch mvsim_tutorial/mvsim_demo_2robots.world.xml

mvsim launch mvsim_tutorial/test_mesh.world.xml

ROS1:

roslaunch mvsim mvsim_demo_depth_camera.launch

ROS2:

ros2 launch mvsim mvsim_demo_warehouse.launch.py
ros2 launch mvsim mvsim_demo_depth_camera.launch.py

Main features

• Lightweight in memory, CPU and library requirements.
• Fully configurable via .xml "world" files.
• Headless mode, suitable for dockerized environments.
• World maps:
  • Occupancy gridmaps: input as images or MRPT binary maps (from icp-slam, rbpf-slam, etc.)
  • Elevation meshes.
• Vehicle models:
  • Differential driven (2 & 4 wheel drive).
  • Ackermann steering (kinematic & dynamic steering, different mechanical drive models).
  • Ackermann steering with mechanical differentials of full grade.
• Sensors:
  • 2D and 3D Lidars: Robots see each other, their own bodies, etc.
  • RGB cameras
  • Depth cameras
• Interface to vehicles: Custom Python interface, or ROS. Choose among:
  • Raw access to forces and motor torques.
  • Twist commands (using internal controllers).

Release checklist

• catkin_generate_changelog
• catkin_prepare_release
• cmake . to update the version.h file.
• commit
• merge develop -> master
• bloom-release