Darwin2k

'Darwin2k' is a robotics design and simulation program. Its simulation capabilities support engineering design and controller prototyping for robotic application; for example, it includes detailed motor and gearhead performance models, and the ability to estimate stresses in structural elements during simulation.

Darwin2K is *not* an end-user application. Most uses will require at least a little coding, usually to specify application-specific robot controllers and models, high-level task descriptions, or specialized simulation components. That being said, Darwin2K does include a range of general-purpose robot models, controllers, and simulation and analysis capabilities, useful in a wide range of robot design and programming applications, that eliminate most of the work in developing a task-specific simulation or optimized robot prototype. The system also includes a distributed evolutionary algorithm for automated synthesis and optimization.

Last updated 1 Jul, 2002


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  • OpenGL *or* MesaGL *or* OpenInventor (Use Requirement)
  • xforms (Use Requirement)
  • Perl 5.000 or later (Use Requirement)
  • GNU autoconf 2.52 (Build Prerequisite)
  • GNU automake 1.5 (Build Prerequisite)
  • GNU libtool 1.4 (Build Prerequisite)

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0.90

0.90 stable released 2002-02-04

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User reference manual available in HTML format from http://darwin2k.sourceforge.net/darwin2k-docs/index.html; User tutorial available in PDF format from http://darwin2k.sourceforge.net/tutorial.pdf

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