Tools for dynamics simulation of robots: a survey based on user feedback

摘要

The number of tools for dynamics simulation has grown in the last years. Itis necessary for the robotics community to have elements to ponder which of theavailable tools is the best for their research. As a complement to an objectiveand quantitative comparison, difficult to obtain since not all the tools areopen-source, an element of evaluation is user feedback. With this goal in mind,we created an online survey about the use of dynamical simulation in robotics.This paper reports the analysis of the participants' answers and a descriptiveinformation fiche for the most relevant tools. We believe this report will behelpful for roboticists to choose the best simulation tool for theirresearches.