V-REP Player is a totally free application that can run robotic simulations on almost any suitable Windows system. It is founded on V-REP, the Virtual Robot Experimentation Platform, an advanced application for simulating the function and actions of numerous robotics systems within a 3D environment. It is based on a distributed control architecture, and it lets users run control programs simultaneously in threaded or non-threaded fashion.

You can’t make use of V-REP Player to create simulations, merely play them. Nevertheless, it’s got several possible uses, for example remote monitoring, hardware control, fast prototyping, safety systems, factory automation simulations, and as a teaching tool. It is totally free to use and distribute. The complete version of V-REP is available free for evaluation and to students for home use, and there are online manuals, videos, and other forms of assistance. Opening the V-REP Player’s interface displays a 3D space with a checkerboard-patterned floor.

The program displays the view’s axial orientation (X, Y, and Z) in the lower corner; the user is able to grab this icon and rotate it to rotate the main view. Additionally, V-REP Player offers toolbar controls that can display simulations from any angle, perspective, or aspect, including a flyover camera view, as well as providing the ability to shift, rotate, and tilt the camera or object views; speed controls; and eight radio buttons with which it is very easy to toggle between preset views. The program offers some options, such as the ability to choose either the Bullet or ODE Dynamics Engine and to create MTB Robot Properties modules, including an option to connect with a robotics server through pipes or sockets.

Overall this program is best for remote monitoring, hardware control, fast prototyping and verification, fast algorithm development / parameter adjustment, safety double-checking, robotics-related education, factory automation simulations and even more!

Check out the homepage at V-rep.eu.

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