Simulation tools for model-based robotics: Comparison of Bullet, Havok, MuJoCo, ODE and PhysX

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

• Publication date

  2015-05-26

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139807
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