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Simulators

Several advanced robot simulators can be used with ROS 2, such as Gazebo, Webots, etc. Unlike turtlesim, they provide fairly realistic results relying on physics-based models for robots, sensors, actuators and objects. Hence, what you observe in simulation is very close to what you will get when transferring your ROS 2 controllers to a real robot.

This set of tutorials will teach you how to configure different simulators with ROS 2.

• Webots
• Ignition