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What Gazebo is used for in robotics
Gazebo is an open-source robot simulator with physics, sensors, rendering and integration tools.
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A practical check for Gazebo
Build one scene with the robot's mass, joints and sensor settings stated. Compare simulated joint motion with a measured hardware trajectory. A visually correct model can still have incorrect inertia or contact behavior.
Compatibility and installation
- Developer
- Open Robotics
- License
- Open source
- Operating systems
- Linux, Windows, macOS
- ROS support
- ROS 2
- Languages
- C++, Python
- Installation method
- Official packages, binaries and source builds
Use official installation sources
Use the vendor download page, official documentation, package repository or official GitHub release. Third-party installers and mirrors are not linked from this directory.