OpenRAVE

OpenRAVE is a free and open-source Windows tool that provides developers with a workspace for designing, testing and deploying motion planning algorithms, which can be integrated with real-world robotics programs.

It's cross-platform and contains a wide range of command-line utilities that offer support for robots and planners. Thanks to the small-sized runtime core, it's possible to use OpenRAVE within controllers and bigger frameworks. Nevertheless, it primarily focuses on industrial robotics automation.

Some of the projects that are using OpenRave include Personal Robotics (at Intel Research Pittsburgh), OpenGRASP (an open-source toolkit for simulating grasping and dexterous manipulation), Modular Robots (aka OpenMR, plugin for simulating the movement of modular robots), Constrained Manipulation Planning Suite (aka CoMPS, which enable robots to move while taking into account simultaneous constraints), as well as Planning Arm System, SmartSoft Toolchain, and Arm Model-Based Hierarchical Planner.

Users who require assistance can examine the rich documentation available at the developer's website, along with examples. For instance, a calibration module centers on a camera attached to a robot by moving it around a pattern. Another module calculates the visibility extents of a camera and an object. Users can also inspect collision modules that check collision calls, use reports and perform distance queries, as well as plot collision contacts.