Simulators

Webots

Switzerland

Born at EPFL in 1996 and open-sourced in December 2018, Webots is the leading European (EMEA) robot simulator; the latest stable release R2025a (February 2025) added new robot models and improved ROS 2 support, with nightly builds still active in 2026.

Updated 2026-09-06 · Last verified 2026-09-06

OrganizationCyberbotics
LicenseApache-2.0
Open sourceyes
Physics engineODE (fork Open Dynamics Engine)
GPU accel.no
ROSyes
Useseducation, prototyping, ROS development, competitions

Trajectory

The dated, sourced shifts in this project's life: licence, governance, archival, a component opening up. What the brick did, not what it announces.

  1. Licence Opening

    After around two decades as commercial software, Cyberbotics releases Webots R2019a as fully open source under Apache-2.0.

    Source: Cyberbotics (depot official, release taguee)

Sources: GitHub (cyberbotics) (2025-02-04)GitHub (cyberbotics) (2026-07-09)Cyberbotics (2026-07-09)Cyberbotics (depot official, release taguee) (2018-12-18)

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