Introduction to the Webots simulator

One of the simulators that works with ROS 2 is Webots from Cyberbotics [25]. It is a powerful open-source robotic simulator for designing, modeling, and testing the robotic system in a realistic 3D environment. Webots has multiple sensor models and actuator support, which make it suitable for education, research, and industrial applications. A decent specification required to run this simulator is a processor with more than 2 GHz, 8 GB RAM, and a graphics card such as NVIDIA or equivalent.

Key features of Webots

Here are some of the unique features of this simulator:

• Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Support: This simulator comes with an IDE, which is uncommon in other simulators. The IDE, which includes a code editor, tools, and a scene editor, makes development more straightforward and quicker.
• Realistic Physics: This uses Open Dynamics Engine (ODE), which can simulate robots accurately by considering collision...