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BowlerStudio

  • Software
  • Robot arms and industry
  • Tool

A robotics development IDE combining device management, scripting, 3D CAD, kinematics, camera image processing, and simulation in one Java application.

Made by CommonWealthRobotics.

Source on GitHub: github.com/CommonWealthRobotics/BowlerStudio (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 3736e21 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
LGPL-3.0-only (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (LGPL-3.0-only) at commit 3736e21 (opens in a new tab), on 22 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

Copyleft: Modified source must be published.

What it does

  • Runs Java, Groovy, and Python scripts, with scripts often loaded from GitHub Gist.
  • Generates programmatic 3D CAD models through the JCSG engine, a Java take on OpenSCAD.
  • Connects to Bowler-protocol devices such as the DyIO and exposes their features as namespaces and RPCs.
  • Computes forward and inverse kinematics from D-H parameters for robot arms.
  • Supports cameras through OpenCV, JavaCV, and CHDK-PTP-Java, with image processing via OpenCV and ARToolkit.
  • Provides virtual PID devices and a motor physics simulation for testing controllers before using real hardware.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 3736e21.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
Requires a Java runtime installed through the BowlerStudio installer or downloaded to $HOME/bin/java8/jre, plus an internet connection for dependencies. Supported robots and boards include the Neuron Robotics DyIO and Bowler 3D printers; OpenCV for Mac is not available.

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
22 Oct 2026 on development
Latest release
5.2.6 (24 Sept 2026)

Checked on GitHub on 22 Oct 2026.

Links

Robots that can run it

No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.