Software category

Robot Motion Planning Software: Verified Frameworks

Compare verified motion-planning, navigation and control frameworks for robot arms and mobile robots.

How to compare tools in this category

Separate arm manipulation, mobile navigation and constrained trajectory optimization. Define the robot model, obstacles, actuator limits and execution interface before comparing planners. Measure planning time and execution failures on the same task; a feasible path and a reliably executed motion are different outcomes.

Robot motion planning

MoveIt 2

Verified source

Developed by MoveIt project

MoveIt 2 is a ROS 2 framework for motion planning, manipulation, kinematics and collision checking.

Open sourceROS 2

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Robot motion planning

Nav2

Verified source

Developed by Open Navigation project

Nav2 provides planning, control, recovery and behavior-tree tools for mobile robot navigation in ROS 2.

Open sourceROS 2

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Robot motion planning

Drake

Verified source

Developed by Toyota Research Institute

Drake is a toolbox for modeling, planning and control of robotic systems with optimization and multibody dynamics.

Open source

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