Gazebo (gz-sim)
- Software
- Simulators
- Simulator
Gazebo Sim is an open source robotics simulator offering physics, rendering, and sensor models, with a graphical interface, plugins, and message passing for interaction.
Source on GitHub: github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit e2792ca (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit e2792ca (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Runs dynamics simulation through multiple physics engines provided by Gazebo Physics.
- Provides advanced 3D rendering with lighting, shadows, and textures via Gazebo Rendering.
- Generates sensor data, optionally with noise, from lidars, cameras, IMUs, GPS and other sensors.
- Supports custom plugins for controlling robots, sensors, and environments.
- Offers a plugin-based graphical interface to create, inspect, and interact with simulations.
- Includes simulation models such as PR2, Pioneer2 DX, iRobot Create, and TurtleBot, and can run remotely over TCP/IP.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit e2792ca.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- How to start
- The project's website (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 16 Oct 2026 on main
- Latest release
- Gazebo Sim 10: Jetty (14 Oct 2025)
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.
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