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ethz-asl/rotors_simulator
Simulator Tier A simulation_digital_twin
RotorS is a UAV gazebo simulator
Engineering Snapshot
Use cases & tasks 6
- Best suited for
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- UAV robotics researchers
- Gazebo-based simulation users
- MAV control developers
- Primary tasks
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- Simulate quadcopter and MAV dynamics in Gazebo
- Test UAV control algorithms in simulation
- Generate synthetic UAV sensor data via Gazebo
Stack & ecosystem
- Resource type
- Simulator
- Ecosystem
- gazebo · mav · quadcopter · simulator · uav
License & compliance
- License
- Unknown
Lifecycle & freshness Show
- Maintenance
- Active
- Latest version
- Not recorded
- Last activity
- 2026-08-12
- Last checked
- 2026-08-13
- Verification
- Official confirmed
What It Solves
Provides a Gazebo-based simulation environment for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), specifically multirotors/MAVs and quadcopters, for developing and testing control and autonomy algorithms.
Primary use cases
- Simulate quadcopter and MAV dynamics in Gazebo
- Test UAV control algorithms in simulation
- Generate synthetic UAV sensor data via Gazebo
Secondary use cases
- Prototype autonomous behaviors before hardware deployment
When to Use
Consider when
- Need a Gazebo-compatible UAV simulator
- Working with MAV/quadcopter models
Verify before adopting
- License is unknown (null SPDX) - confirm licensing terms
- Supported Gazebo version not specified
- No explicit hardware targets or platform support listed
Where It Fits
Stack layer simulation
Upstream / depends on
Start Here
Adoption Checklist
- Needs verification License is unknown (null SPDX) - confirm licensing terms
- Needs verification Supported Gazebo version not specified
- Needs verification No explicit hardware targets or platform support listed
Each check stays "needs verification" until an official source confirms it; unconfirmed items are never marked verified.
Known Limitations & Unknowns
Known limitations
- License status unknown
- No latest version or release date provided
- No documented hardware targets
Not publicly verified
- Exact Gazebo version compatibility
- ROS/ROS2 integration details
- Specific MAV models supported beyond quadcopter
Alternatives & Related Tools
Alternatives
- pegasus-simulator — Alternative to
Related tools
- gazebo-sim — Built on
How is it used?
Start from the recorded entry points below, then validate against the technical checklist.
- Official site https://github.com/ethz-asl/rotors_simulator
- Repository https://github.com/ethz-asl/rotors_simulator
- Documentation https://github.com/ethz-asl/rotors_simulator
Technical checklist
- NEEDS REVIEW License identified No license field in any source response
- OK Maintenance signal Active
- OK Verification status Official confirmed
- OK Source evidence attached 1 source record(s)
- NEEDS REVIEW Latest version recorded Not recorded
Official Links
Metadata & Governance
| License | License: Unknown — No license field in any source response. |
|---|---|
| Commercial model | Unknown |
| Maintenance status | Active |
| Verification status | Official confirmed — Confirmed via the official repository API responses in SourceRefs below. |
| Latest version | Not recorded |
| Latest release | Not recorded |
| Last activity | 2026-08-12 |
| Last checked | 2026-08-13 |
| First seen | Not recorded |
Related Resources & Dependencies
- gazebo-sim — built on (verified)
- pegasus-simulator — alternative to (verified)
Recent Activity
New resource: rotors-simulator
New repository resource added by the sprint promote pipeline.
Related Knowledge
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