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create3_sim

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A ROS 2 simulation stack for the iRobot Create 3 robot, running in Gazebo Harmonic. It lets you spawn one or more simulated robots and monitor them in RViz.

Made by iRobot Education.

Source on GitHub: github.com/iRobotEducation/create3_sim (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 6c30584 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit 6c30584 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

What it does

  • Simulates the iRobot Create 3 robot in ROS 2 with only Gazebo Harmonic supported.
  • Spawns the robot in a demo world, with spawn point set by x, y, z and yaw arguments.
  • Applies a namespace to the robot so several robots can run together.
  • Additional robots are added with a separate spawn launch file, each with a unique namespace and spawn point.
  • Packages cover shared bringup, control, robot description, and nodes for topics and motion control.
  • Gazebo-specific packages provide GUI plugins, sensor and interface nodes, and launch files.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 6c30584.

Getting started

Difficulty
Beginner

Maintenance

Status
Active: a commit in the last 90 days
Newest commit
25 Sept 2026 on jazzy
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Links

Robots on Robotheca that use 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.