professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 professional mobile robot simulation Olivier Michel Founder & CEO

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professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM fast prototyping and simulation software for mobile robots Spin off from EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland Company founded in 1998, now 6 employees International collaborations (Sony, SRI, EPFL, universities, ICEA & RHEA European projects) Over 850 customers worldwide (including universities and corporate research centers) Webots used both for research and education 25+ man years of development professional mobile robot simulation $ 3'600

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Origins of the product: 1996 Prof. Jean-Daniel Nicoud Prof. Roland Siegwart Prof. Dario Floreano Prof. Alcherio Martinoli Dr. Francesco Mondada Prof. Auke-Jan Ijspeert

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM fast prototyping and simulation of robots

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM multi-platform software Window s LinuxMac OS X

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM control architecture Robot controller process Simulation process Robot controller process Supervisor controller process pipe TCP/IP Remote PC C, C++, Python, Matlab, Java, ROS

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Current collaborations ● 2003: Collaboration & support (EPFL, SWIS & BIRG groups) ● 2006: Gostai/URBI, robot programming environment ● 2006: e-puck robot support (EPFL, GCTronic) ● : RHEA agriculture robots (FP7 European project) e-puck robot

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Some of our 850+ customers (academic)

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Some of our 850+ customers (industry)

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Product overview (1/3) Generic robot prototyping and simulation software Predefined robot models and sensor & actuators library Physics simulation and complex dynamic environments (ODE)

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Product overview (2/3) Powerful and easy to use Validation with transfer to real robots (e-puck, Nao, Aibo, Khepera, DARwIn-OP, etc.) Khepera looking at stripped wall Khepera window (linear B&W vision)

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Product overview (3/3) Commercial product: + software quality + documentation + user support + maintenance + marketing Soccer simulation environment

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Features (1/6) Cross- platform Rich documentation User support Large community Education versionDynamics simulation

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Features (2/6) ROS interfaceMatlab interface Powerful APIs Open source models Customizable collision detection Unlimited number of robots

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Features (3/6) State-of-the-art 3D graphics Interactive 3D simulation window Physics plug-in programming Supervisor programming Rich graphical user interface Easy screenshot and movie creation

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Features (4/6) Integrated source code editor Full featured Scene editor VRML import and export Library of indoor and outdoor objects Library of popular robots Included examples

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Features (5/6) Large choice of sensors LIDAR / Kinect sensors Camer a devices Inter-robot communication Fully customizable motors Display devices

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Webots TM Features (6/6) e-puck robotDARwIn-OP robot Nao robot Rat's Life contest KUKA youBot robot robotstadium contest

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Cyberbotics Ltd. Portfolio

professional mobile robot simulation Humanoids 2012 – Bled, Slovenia – Oct. 26th / 22 Movie

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