petercorke/robotics-toolbox-matlab

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A MATLAB toolbox providing robotics functionality including kinematics and dynamics of serial-link manipulators, mobile robot motion models, path planning, localization, and SLAM. It dates back to 1993 and is intended for teaching, research, and as a reference implementation of robotics algorithms.

Use cases

• compute forward and inverse kinematics for robot arms
• simulate serial-link manipulator dynamics in MATLAB
• plan paths for mobile robots with PRM or RRT
• implement EKF localization and SLAM
• generate trajectories for robot joints
• teach robotics algorithms with readable source code
• model a quadrotor in Simulink

When to choose

• you work in MATLAB and need robotics algorithms with readable source code
• you are teaching or learning robotics and want reference implementations
• you need classical algorithms (EKF SLAM, D*, PRM, RRT) for comparison
• you want models for well-known robots like the Puma 560 or UR arms

When to avoid

• you need a commercially supported product (use MathWorks Robotics System Toolbox)
• you need real-time or computationally efficient production code
• you work outside MATLAB
• you need active development or new features

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

simulation math machine-learning robotics education simulation kinematics dynamics slam motion-planning trajectory-generation kalman-filter mobile-robots serial-link-manipulators simulink algorithms matlab

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