Overview
Webots is a professional-grade, open-source robot simulator used across industry, education, and research. Developed by Cyberbotics Ltd. since 1998, it offers a comprehensive environment to model, program, and simulate various robots, including two-wheeled robots, industrial arms, legged robots, and autonomous underwater vehicles. The core is built with a Qt-based GUI, a physics engine (ODE fork), and an OpenGL 3.3 rendering engine, supporting Windows, Linux, and macOS. Webots allows users to create realistic simulations with its asset library, CAD model import, and OpenStreetMap integration. Robots can be programmed in C, C++, Python, Java, MATLAB, or ROS, using a simplified API. It is used to develop, test, and validate AI and control algorithms, teach robotics, and prototype robot designs.