Simulating complex robotic scenarios with MORSE

  • Authors:
  • Gilberto Echeverria;Séverin Lemaignan;Arnaud Degroote;Simon Lacroix;Michael Karg;Pierrick Koch;Charles Lesire;Serge Stinckwich

  • Affiliations:
  • CNRS, LAAS, Toulouse, France,UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE, LAAS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France;CNRS, LAAS, Toulouse, France,UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE, LAAS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France,Institute for Advanced Studies, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany;CNRS, LAAS, Toulouse, France,UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE, LAAS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France;CNRS, LAAS, Toulouse, France,UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE, LAAS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France;Institute for Advanced Studies, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany;Institute for Advanced Studies, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany;ONERA --- The French Aerospace Lab, Toulouse, France;UMR 6072 GREYC, Université de Caen-Basse Normandie/CNRS/ENSICAEN, France,UMI 209 UMMISCO, IRD/IFI/Vietnam National University, Vietnam

  • Venue:
  • SIMPAR'12 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

MORSE is a robotic simulation software developed by roboticists from several research laboratories. It is a framework to evaluate robotic algorithms and their integration in complex environments, modeled with the Blender 3D real-time engine which brings realistic rendering and physics simulation. The simulations can be specified at various levels of abstraction. This enables researchers to focus on their field of interest, that can range from processing low-level sensor data to the integration of a complete team of robots. After nearly three years of development, MORSE is a mature tool with a large collection of components, that provides many innovative features: software-in-the-loop connectivity, multiple middleware support, configurable components, varying levels of simulation abstraction, distributed implementation for large scale multi-robot simulations and a human avatar that can interact with robots in virtual environments. This paper presents the current state of MORSE, highlighting its unique features in use cases.