MVSim
- Software
- Simulators
- Simulator
A lightweight 2.5D dynamics simulator for wheeled mobile robots and vehicles, aimed at multi-agent and sensor research. Worlds are configured through XML files.
Made by MRPT.
Source on GitHub: github.com/MRPT/mvsim (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 7fa0435 (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 7fa0435 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Simulates differential, Ackermann and articulated vehicles with several friction and controller options.
- Provides simulated 2D and 3D LiDARs, RGB and RGBD cameras, IMU and GNSS sensors.
- Supports multi-vehicle worlds where robots sense each other through their LiDAR.
- Can run standalone, as a ROS 2 node, or embedded in C++ or Python applications.
- Offers a headless mode for CI pipelines and Docker containers.
- Exposes ROS 2 topics, TF and parameters, plus a ZMQ/Protobuf interface for custom clients.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 7fa0435.
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
- 15 Oct 2026 on develop
- Latest release
- Release of v0.9.4 (9 May 2024)
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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