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Simulating Robots in Virtual Worlds
Test Your Robot's Software Safely on a Computer Before Building the Real Thing
Verlag:
Independently Published Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36874898
EAN: 9798191017655
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Mi, 28.10.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 33.75
Beschreibung
Building a robot in the real world is expensive, time-consuming, and sometimes risky. A software mistake can damage equipment, waste hours of testing, or create unsafe behaviour. Robot simulation provides a controlled environment where engineers, students, and developers can test designs, evaluate software, and discover problems before moving to physical machines. Simulating Robots in Virtual Worlds. is a practical guide to using simulation as an engineering workspace for developing reliable robotic systems. Rather than treating simulation as a simple animation, this book teaches you how to create measurable virtual experiments where robots can move, sense, plan, fail, recover, and improve. You will learn how to build a complete simulation workflow:. Robot Model → Virtual Environment → Physics → Sensors → Controllers → ROS 2 Integration → Testing → Hardware Validation. The book uses ROS 2, Gazebo, URDF, Xacro, SDFormat, Python, and related robotics tools to demonstrate how modern robot software is developed before deployment. Inside this practical guide, you will learn how to:. Understand what robot simulation actually calculates. Distinguish simulation from animation and digital twins. Decide what level of realism a project requires. Select the right simulator for different robotics applications. Compare Gazebo, Webots, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, CoppeliaSim, MuJoCo, and PyBullet. Build reproducible simulation environments. Install and validate ROS 2 and Gazebo workflows. Create ROS 2 workspaces and packages. Build virtual robot models. Describe robot links, joints, mass, inertia, and coordinate frames. Create robot descriptions using URDF and Xacro. Understand SDFormat world files. Build realistic virtual environments. Add obstacles, objects, lighting, and collision geometry. Configure simulation physics. Tune gravity, friction, contact behaviour, and joint dynamics. Understand simulation time and update rates. Add cameras, LiDAR, IMUs, and other sensors. Model sensor noise, delay, bias, and missing readings. Connect robot software to virtual hardware. Control simulated wheels, joints, and actuators. Understand differential-drive motion. Configure controllers and command interfaces. Integrate Gazebo with ROS 2. Many robotics projects fail because testing begins too late. Simulation allows developers to identify software errors before expensive hardware trials. However, this book also explains the limitations of simulation: virtual success does not replace physical validation. Real robots still introduce battery changes, mechanical variation, electrical noise, communication delays, and unpredictable environments. By the end of this book, you will understand how to:. Create reliable virtual robots. Design meaningful simulation experiments. Test robot software systematically. Improve navigation and control systems. Build repeatable robotics workflows. Move from simulation evidence to controlled hardware deployment. Whether you are a robotics student, ROS 2 developer, automation engineer, researcher, or robotics hobbyist, Simulating Robots in Virtual Worlds. provides the practical foundation needed to develop better robots before building them in the real world.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Eleanor Sloane
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 204