urdf-loaders (urdf-loader for three.js)
- Software
- Simulators
- Library
Loaders that read URDF robot description files for Unity in C# and for three.js in JavaScript, with example JPL ATHLETE robot models included.
Source on GitHub: github.com/gkjohnson/urdf-loaders (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit a288073 (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 a288073 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides a C# URDF loader for Unity, located in the unity folder.
- Provides a JavaScript URDF loader for three.js, located in the javascript folder.
- Includes example URDF files for the JPL ATHLETE robot.
- Offers _flipped variants of the ATHLETE models that invert the revolute joint axes so the legs attach to the bottom of the chassis.
- A live browser demo of the three.js loader is available.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit a288073.
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 master
- Latest release
- v0.13.1 (8 Jul 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 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.