Webots
- Software
- Simulators
- Simulator
Webots is an open-source robot simulator providing a complete environment to model, program and simulate robots, vehicles and mechanical systems, aimed at beginners in robotics.
Source on GitHub: github.com/cyberbotics/webots (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit b98cfb8 (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 b98cfb8 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides a full development environment to model, program and simulate robots, vehicles and mechanical systems.
- Designed to be beginner friendly and introduce newcomers to robotics.
- Offers an introduction video, in-depth tutorials and online simulations at webots.cloud.
- Pre-compiled binaries are available for Linux, Windows and macOS, with source build instructions in the wiki.
- Originally designed at EPFL in 1996 and open sourced by Cyberbotics in December 2018.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit b98cfb8.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- 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 master
- Latest release
- R2025a (4 Feb 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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