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Best for
Beginner-friendly robot simulation
Works on
Windows, macOS, Linux
Alternatives
Gazebo, VEXcode VR
Watch out
Simpler than Gazebo but fewer community resources
What It Does
Webots is an open-source robot simulator originally developed at EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). It includes a library of ready-to-use robot models (NAO, e-puck, DJI Mavic, TurtleBot, industrial arms) and environments. You can program robots in Python, C, C++, Java, or MATLAB. Webots is particularly beginner-friendly—its built-in tutorials take you from zero to a working autonomous robot in under an hour.
Setup in 5 Minutes
and install.
- Open Webots and load a sample world from the built-in library.
- Each world includes a robot, an environment, and a controller (the
program that drives the robot).
- Modify the controller in the built-in code editor or link an
external IDE.
Try This
Open the "e-puck line following" tutorial. Study how the controller
reads the ground sensors and adjusts motor speeds. Modify the controller
to handle intersections (where two lines cross) by adding a decision rule.
Then build your own world with a custom track and test how well your
controller generalises.
Follow Along
Follow Along — Build a Line-Follower That Handles Gaps.
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