AnyKode Marilou

About project

anyKode Marilou is a modeling and simulation environment for mobile robots, humanoids, articulated arms and parallels robots operating in real-world conditions that respect the laws of physics. This robotics suite is used in research centers as well as industry for various projects like humanoid architectures, wheeled and multi legged vehicles and multi-robot systems (Multi-agents). Marilou real-time engine uses the ODE (Open Dynamics Engine) for collisions detecting and dynamics management. Various 'real world' variables like forces, torques, masses, damping, friction and others can be adjusted directly to the objects surfaces

Scenes modeling

Marilou's entities editor allows to design robots collision model using any of the static or dynamic objects in the simulated world. CAD-style editing tools are entirely graphical, easy to use, and allow to make changes and set-up new situations quickly. Scenes, dynamics and robots properties can be changed from a view/document/properties IHM style. Also the editor takes in charge re-usable physicals entities as well as pure 3D models. The most complex objects can be made easily by assembling sub-parts. Marilou uses a hierarchical system to present entire objects at the highest level (the current world). This approach makes it possible to reuse members of a complex object as sub-parts of another object.

Robots programming

MODA (Marilou Open Devices Access) is the Marilou generic SDK for handling simulated robots and their embedded devices, such as sensors and actuators. Depending on chosen language, MODA provides libraries (.lib / .a) or .Net assembly (.dll) for accessing simulation over the network. Synchronized to a simulated clock, algorithms can run on any computer in the network. Individual robots may run several programs. In addition, one MODA program can control several robots, whether or not they be in the same world. MODA TCP server can be embedded in real robot.

Languages: C/C++, C++ CLI, C#, J#, VB#
Compilers: Microsoft Visual Studio suites, DevC++, Borland C++ RAD Studio, G++ for Linux, CodeBlocks
MODA is Open-source and compatible Linux (Mac coming soon)