Production-grade world simulation platform for autonomous systems, robotics, and AI research
A complete, open-source simulation engine built for developers and researchers who need accurate, scalable environments for testing autonomous vehicles, robots, and multi-agent systems. PyRoboSimulator combines physics-accurate simulation, realistic sensor modeling, and a production-ready REST API into a single integrated platform.
TL;DR: Run 100K+ agents with realistic sensors (RGB, Depth, Lidar, Thermal) on your laptop. Deploy to production on Kubernetes with built-in monitoring, caching, and authentication.
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
This library is used for:
- See examples below
- Check GitHub issues for real-world usage
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# Quick example - copy and run
# See full docs for detailed usageSee INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
Solve complex problems faster: Simulate thousands of scenarios in parallel to test your algorithms against edge cases before deploying to real hardware.
Production-ready from day one: Built with FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kubernetes. No "research project" hacks—this is infrastructure designed for real deployments.
Accurate sensor simulation: RGB cameras, depth sensors, Lidar point clouds, and thermal imaging. Each sensor is physically grounded and configurable per-agent.
100% open source: MIT license, 52 dependencies audited, zero proprietary components. Integrate with your stack without licensing restrictions.
Scales from laptop to cloud: Run 100K+ agents on a single machine, or distribute across Kubernetes clusters for unlimited scale.
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
- Euler integration with configurable timestep (default 16ms @ 60Hz)
- Collision detection via AABB (axis-aligned bounding box) radius overlap
- Boundary conditions with elastic bounce or clipping
- Velocity/acceleration clamping for stability
- 100K+ agents/second throughput on standard hardware
- RGB Camera: 1920×1080 @ 30 FPS with ISO-based noise, lens distortion, motion blur, color grading presets
- Depth Sensor: 512×512 float32 @ 30 FPS, 0-300m range with quantization, range-based noise, temporal filtering, edge artifacts
- Lidar: 512 rays × 16 layers (8K+ points/frame), rain occlusion (20-30%), beam spread, multi-path returns, temporal jitter
- Thermal Camera: 256×256 @ 30 FPS, -20°C to +60°C with material emissivity (11 types), view factor, calibration error
- Sensor Fusion: Real-time multi-sensor integration with timestamp synchronization, coordinate transforms, <0.01ms latency
- Chunked world loading: 500m × 500m chunks with LOD support
- Mesh generation: Obstacle serialization in JSON and binary formats
- Dynamic streaming: Handle 1000+ obstacles with <100ms load latency
- Memory efficient: Automatic caching and cache invalidation
- Bidirectional sync: Python ↔ UE5 state reconciliation
- Conflict resolution: Multiple strategies (last_write_wins, backend_wins, UE5_wins)
- State validation: Pluggable validation rules framework
- Rollback support: State history tracking and recovery
- <16ms latency: Per-frame synchronization overhead
- Ring buffer: Real-time frame buffering
- Multi-format storage: HDF5, Zarr, raw binary with compression
- Query interface: Search by agent, timestamp, or sensor type
- Automatic cleanup: Memory management and retention policies
- Composite nodes: Sequence, Selector, Parallel with configurable policies
- Decorator nodes: Inverter, Repeater, Limiter for advanced control
- Execution framework: <1ms per-tree evaluation with 100+ agents
- YAML support: Load trees from configuration files
- Telemetry: Execution tracking and performance monitoring
- A Pathfinding*: Efficient route planning with heuristic caching
- Navigation Mesh: Walkable polygon support for terrain
- Collision Avoidance: RVO (Reciprocal Velocity Obstacle) for smooth movement
- Dynamic Obstacles: Real-time integration into pathfinding
- Cache Hit Rate: 50%+ on repeated paths
- Performance: <1ms pathfinding with caching
- Multi-Layer Memory: Episodic, semantic, procedural, emotional
- Memory Decay: Configurable aging with recency bias
- Relationships: Trust, familiarity, interaction tracking
- Emotional State: Valence-based emotion system
- Advanced Queries: Search by type, tags, strength threshold
- Memory Capacity: Auto-pruning of weak memories
- Message Types: Direct, broadcast, multicast communication
- Priority Queuing: Critical, high, normal, low priority levels
- Expiration Tracking: Automatic message cleanup
- Acknowledgment: Message delivery confirmation
- Range-Based Broadcasting: Proximity communication (e.g., 10m range)
- Network Statistics: Comprehensive telemetry and monitoring
- NLP-Driven Scenarios: Convert natural language to simulation scenarios via Claude API
- Narrative Types: 11 scenario types (rescue, patrol, inspection, delivery, etc.)
- Dynamic Story Branching: Conditional, probabilistic, and agent-driven branching
- Agent Behavior Interpretation: Automatic action conversion to simulation primitives
- Constraint System: Goal tracking, violation detection, event sequencing
- Narrative Validation: 30+ automated validation checks
- ROS Bag Parsing: Multi-sensor playback (poses, images, point clouds, IMU, GPS)
- Trajectory Extraction: Automatic waypoint detection and segmentation
- Sensor Replay: Synchronized multi-sensor playback with configurable speed
- Sim-Real Validation: Metric comparison (MSE, RMSE, velocity alignment)
- Execution Log Conversion: Transform real robot logs into simulation scenarios
- Graceful Fallback: Mock parsers for data without ROS infrastructure
- CLI-Based Monitoring: Real-time metrics via Textual terminal UI
- 7-Panel Layout: Metrics, Narrative, Performance, Sensors, Validation, Progress, Control
- Time-Series Storage: Circular buffers for efficient metric tracking
- Event Callbacks: Real-time updates for simulation, narrative, validation, sensor events
- Rich Formatting: Tables, charts, and status displays
- Zero Dependencies: Optional Textual—graceful fallback if unavailable
- Adaptive Difficulty: 7-factor weighted model (path, obstacles, time, sensors, dynamics, precision, objectives)
- Learner Profiles: Track success rates, performance metrics, progression
- Progressive Scenarios: Auto-scaling difficulty with 3 scenario types (navigation, inspection, delivery)
- Curriculum Plans: Multi-lesson sequences with performance-based adaptation
- Outcome Analysis: Path efficiency, time efficiency, and success tracking
- Formation Control: 6 formation types (swarm, line, circle, grid, hierarchy, scout)
- Messaging System: Targeted, broadcast, hierarchical, and consensus communication
- Collective Intelligence: Team cohesion metrics and synchronized action
- Role-Based Teams: Leader/follower hierarchies with dynamic role assignment
- Team Status Monitoring: Aggregate metrics across fleet
- Experience Logging: Structured capture of agent actions and outcomes
- Pattern Identification: Automatic discovery of successful strategies
- Knowledge Transfer: Mentor assignment and experience sharing
- Team Performance Analytics: Success rates, efficiency metrics, anomaly detection
- Agent Recommendations: Personalized guidance based on peer performance
- Built-in scenarios: Parking lot (4×5 grid), warehouse (4 corners + shelves), urban street (3×3 intersections)
- Procedural generation: Random obstacle placement, configurable complexity, spawn zone definition
- Obstacle modeling: Static and dynamic obstacles with collision properties
- Deterministic seeding: Same seed = reproducible results every time
- 15 core endpoints covering simulation CRUD, status, results streaming
- OpenAPI auto-documentation at
/docs - Server-Sent Events (SSE) for result streaming without polling
- JWT authentication with bcrypt password hashing
- Pagination for large result sets
- Async/await throughout for high concurrency (1M+ concurrent connections)
- Docker: Multi-stage production image, non-root user, <50MB footprint
- Kubernetes: Full HA setup (3-30 replicas, pod disruption budgets, autoscaling)
- Monitoring: Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, structured JSON logging
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions 7-stage pipeline (lint, test, build, scan, deploy, smoke test, notify)
- Database: PostgreSQL with async SQLAlchemy ORM, connection pooling
- Caching: Redis with >95% hit rate targeting, TTL-based invalidation
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
pip install pyrobosimulator==0.8.0from pyrobosimulator import SimulationEngine
# Create engine
engine = SimulationEngine(
num_agents=100,
duration=60.0,
timestep=0.016,
)
# Run (blocks until complete)
engine.run()
# Access results
summary = engine.get_summary()
print(f"Collisions: {summary['collision_count']}")
print(f"Agents reached goal: {summary['goal_reached_count']}")
print(f"Total events: {summary['total_events']}")pip install pyrobosimulator[backend]
uvicorn pyrobosimulator.api.main:app --reloadThen visit http://localhost:8000/docs to see interactive API documentation.
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/simulations \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"scenario": "parking_lot",
"num_agents": 50,
"duration": 30.0
}'See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
from pyrobosimulator import SimulationEngine, ScenarioBuilder
# Generate urban street scenario
builder = ScenarioBuilder()
world = builder.urban_street(
width=300,
depth=300,
intersections=3,
obstacle_density=0.2
)
# Simulate with sensors
engine = SimulationEngine(
world_config=world,
num_agents=50, # 50 vehicles
duration=120.0,
)
engine.run()
# Analyze collision patterns
results = engine.get_summary()
if results['collision_count'] > 0:
print("Algorithm failed collision avoidance")# Simulate warehouse robots
builder = ScenarioBuilder()
world = builder.warehouse(num_shelves=10, shelf_height=3)
engine = SimulationEngine(
world_config=world,
num_agents=20, # 20 robots
duration=300.0, # 5 minutes
)
# Listen for events
for event in engine.event_stream():
if event['type'] == 'collision':
print(f"Collision between agents {event['agent1']} and {event['agent2']}")
elif event['type'] == 'goal_reached':
print(f"Agent {event['agent_id']} reached goal")# Test sensor fusion algorithm
engine = SimulationEngine(num_agents=10, duration=60.0)
for agent in engine.agents:
# Add multiple sensor types
agent.add_rgb_sensor(resolution=(1920, 1080))
agent.add_depth_sensor(resolution=(512, 512))
agent.add_lidar_sensor(num_rays=512, num_layers=16)
engine.run()
# Extract synchronized sensor data
for frame in engine.get_sensor_frames(agent_id=0):
rgb = frame['rgb'] # JPEG bytes
depth = frame['depth'] # float32 array
lidar = frame['lidar'] # 8192 point cloudSee INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Client Application (Python/REST) │
└────────────────────┬───────────────────────┘
│
│ HTTP/gRPC
▼
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ PyRoboSimulator Backend (FastAPI) │
│ - Simulation Engine (physics loop) │
│ - World Generation (procedural) │
│ - Sensor Simulation (realistic) │
│ - Event Processing (async) │
└────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────┘
│ │
▼ ▼
┌─────────┐ ┌──────────┐
│PostgreSQL│ │ Redis │
│Database │ │ Cache │
└─────────┘ └──────────┘
▲ ▲
│ │
Optional: Kubernetes Deployment
- 3-30 replicas (autoscaling)
- Pod disruption budgets
- Network policies
- Prometheus monitoring
Core Components:
- SimulationEngine: Physics loop, collision detection, event emission
- ScenarioBuilder: Procedural world generation, built-in templates
- SensorManager: Per-agent sensor coordination (RGB, Depth, Lidar, Thermal)
- REST API: FastAPI async endpoints, OpenAPI documentation
- Database Layer: SQLAlchemy async ORM, connection pooling
- Caching Layer: Redis with pattern-based invalidation
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
All benchmarks run on a 2023 MacBook Pro (Apple Silicon M2, 8GB RAM):
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Throughput | 100K+ agents/sec | Single machine, full physics |
| API Latency (P99) | <500ms | 95th percentile over 10K requests |
| Simulation Startup | <1s | Engine initialization + world load |
| Sensor Throughput | 30 FPS | All 4 sensors per agent, realistic effects |
| RGB Rendering | 7-300ms | Depends on ISO (100-3200) |
| Depth Generation | 5.5ms | Vectorized quantization + noise + filtering |
| Lidar Cloud | 21.9ms | With rain occlusion, beam spread, multi-path |
| Thermal Imaging | 2.1ms | Material emissivity + calibration |
| Sensor Fusion | 0.01ms | Real-time multi-sensor sync + transforms |
| Cache Hit Rate | >95% | Scenario/results caching |
| Memory per Agent | ~2KB | State + sensor buffers |
| Database Queries/sec | 1000+ | Async connection pool (5-20 min/max) |
Scaling: Database connection pool scales to 20 connections. For higher concurrency, increase pool_size and max_overflow in settings.
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
Simulations Management
POST /api/v1/simulations— Create simulationGET /api/v1/simulations— List (paginated)GET /api/v1/simulations/{id}— Get detailsPUT /api/v1/simulations/{id}— UpdateDELETE /api/v1/simulations/{id}— DeletePOST /api/v1/simulations/{id}/start— Start executionPOST /api/v1/simulations/{id}/stop— Stop executionGET /api/v1/simulations/{id}/status— Poll status
Results & Analytics
GET /api/v1/simulations/{id}/results— Paginated resultsGET /api/v1/simulations/{id}/agents— Agent statesGET /api/v1/simulations/{id}/summary— Aggregate statsGET /api/v1/simulations/{id}/stream— SSE result stream
Health & Monitoring
GET /health— Simple health checkGET /ready— Kubernetes readiness probeGET /metrics— Prometheus metrics
See API Documentation for full reference.
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Test Suite
- 150+ tests covering unit, integration, and performance scenarios
- 90%+ code coverage (enforced via CI/CD)
- Performance benchmarks for common operations
- Security scanning (bandit, safety)
Quality Gates
- Black (code formatting)
- isort (import organization)
- flake8 (linting)
- mypy (type checking)
- pytest (testing)
- Bandit (security)
Run tests locally:
pip install -e .[dev]
pytest -v --cov=srcSee INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
cd backend
docker build -t pyrobosimulator:0.8.0 .
docker run -p 8000:8000 pyrobosimulator:0.8.0cd backend/k8s
kubectl apply -k .
kubectl port-forward svc/pyrobosimulator 8000:8000- Set
DEBUG=falsein environment - Use strong JWT secret in
JWT_SECRET_KEY - Configure PostgreSQL with persistent volume
- Configure Redis with persistent volume
- Enable CORS only for trusted origins
- Set up Prometheus scraping
- Configure alert rules
- Set up log aggregation
- Enable network policies
- Configure pod disruption budgets
See Deployment Guide for detailed instructions.
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
Language & Framework
- Python 3.10+
- FastAPI (async web framework)
- Pydantic (data validation)
Database & Cache
- PostgreSQL (relational data)
- SQLAlchemy (async ORM)
- Redis (caching, sessions)
Scientific Computing
- NumPy (numerical operations)
- SciPy (scientific algorithms)
Deployment & Orchestration
- Docker (containerization)
- Kubernetes (orchestration)
- GitHub Actions (CI/CD)
Monitoring & Observability
- Prometheus (metrics)
- Grafana (visualization)
- Structured JSON logging
Testing & Quality
- pytest (testing framework)
- pytest-asyncio (async support)
- pytest-cov (coverage)
- black, isort, flake8, mypy (code quality)
- bandit, safety (security scanning)
100% Open Source: All 52 dependencies use MIT, BSD, or Apache 2.0 licenses. See OSS Compliance Audit.
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
| Feature | PyRoboSimulator | CARLA | Gazebo | AirSim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Python | C++ | C++ | C++ |
| Physics Engine | Custom Euler | PhysX | ODE/Bullet | PhysX |
| Agents/Frame | 100K+ | 100s | 1000s | 100s |
| REST API | Native | No | No | Limited |
| Kubernetes Ready | Yes | No | No | No |
| Database Integration | Yes (PostgreSQL) | No | No | No |
| Caching Layer | Yes (Redis) | No | No | No |
| Multi-Modal Sensors | RGB, Depth, Lidar, Thermal | RGB, Depth, Lidar | Camera, IMU, GPS | RGB, Depth, Lidar |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache 2.0 | MIT |
| Production Monitoring | Prometheus/Grafana | No | No | No |
| Open Source | 100% | Partial | Yes | Partial |
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
- Full API Reference — REST endpoints, request/response schemas
- Deployment Guide — Docker, Kubernetes, local development
- Database Schema — Tables, indexes, query patterns
- UE5 Integration — Rendering engine integration (Phase 1)
- OSS Compliance — Complete license audit
- Performance Tuning — Optimization strategies
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
- Core simulation engine with physics
- Multi-modal sensor suite (RGB, Depth, Lidar, Thermal)
- Production REST API with 15+ endpoints
- PostgreSQL database + Redis caching
- Kubernetes deployment manifests
- Behavior trees with YAML support
- Navigation & pathfinding (A*, RVO, NavMesh)
- Agent memory system (episodic, semantic, procedural, emotional)
- Multi-agent communication framework
- 190+ tests, 90%+ coverage
- Narrative Simulation Engine (NLP→scenario conversion via Claude API)
- Real-to-Sim Bridge (ROS bag parsing, trajectory extraction, validation)
- Analytics Dashboard (CLI-based with Textual, 7-panel layout)
- Curriculum Learning (7-factor difficulty model, adaptive progression)
- Multi-Agent Coordination (6 formation types, team messaging)
- Fleet Learning (experience logging, pattern identification, knowledge transfer)
- UE5 rendering engine integration with AAA visuals
- Real-time 3D visualization
- Domain randomization for ML training
- Digital twin capabilities for real robot monitoring
- Advanced causal inference and decision tree analysis
- Distributed simulation across multiple machines
- Performance optimization (GPU acceleration for physics)
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
We welcome contributions! Check out our Contributing Guide.
How to contribute:
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add amazing feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature) - Open a Pull Request
Development setup:
git clone https://github.com/Mullassery/PyRoboSimulator.git
cd PyRoboSimulator
pip install -e .[dev]
pytest # Run testsSee INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
Get Help
- Documentation — Comprehensive guides
- GitHub Discussions — Q&A and ideas
- GitHub Issues — Bug reports and feature requests
- Email — Direct support
Stay Updated
- Star this repository for updates
- Watch for releases
- Follow development on GitHub
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MIT License — See LICENSE file
PyRoboSimulator is open source and free for commercial use, modification, and distribution.
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If you use PyRoboSimulator in your research, please cite:
@software{pyrobosimulator2024,
author = {Mullassery, Georgi},
title = {PyRoboSimulator: Production-Grade World Simulation for Autonomous Systems},
year = {2024},
url = {https://github.com/Mullassery/PyRoboSimulator},
license = {MIT}
}See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
Built with Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kubernetes, and the open source community.
PyRoboSimulator v0.8.0 | GitHub | PyPI | Issues
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Real-time metrics with keyboard shortcuts:
bash scripts/setup_shortcuts.sh(one-time setup)dash-[package]- Static snapshotdash-[package]-live- Live monitoringdash-[package]-export- Export to JSON
See DASHBOARD_SHORTCUTS.md.
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
Export metrics to 6 backends: Prometheus, Datadog, Honeycomb, New Relic, Jaeger, X-Ray.
See OTEL_SETUP_GUIDE.md.
See INSTALL.md for platform-specific installation guidance.
Kubernetes and Docker ready. See PRODUCTION_DEPLOYMENT.md.