roboticslibrary/rl
The Robotics Library (RL) is a self-contained C++ library for rigid body kinematics and dynamics, motion planning, and control. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
30/100
- Activity 16
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4466
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 505
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1199 stars · 245 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A self-contained C++ library for rigid body kinematics and dynamics, motion planning, collision detection, and robot control. It includes hardware abstraction, robot drivers, visualization, and demo applications, and is used in research and education.
Use cases
- compute robot forward and inverse kinematics in C++
- plan collision-free paths for a robot arm
- simulate rigid body dynamics of a multibody system
- detect collisions and measure distances between robot and scene geometry
- interface with real robot hardware like Universal Robots or grippers
- convert between rotation matrices, quaternions, and Euler angles
- build a robot model with kinematics and geometry definitions
- teach robotics kinematics and motion planning in a course
When to choose
- you need a permissively licensed (BSD-2) C++ robotics library usable in commercial software
- you want kinematics, dynamics, path planning, and collision detection in one self-contained package
- you need hardware abstraction and drivers for industrial robots and sensors
- you work on Linux, macOS, or Windows and want prebuilt packages or installers
When to avoid
- you prefer a Python-first robotics stack like ROS or PyBullet
- you need a large community ecosystem and frequent plugin development
- your project requires rarely used hardware interfaces omitted from the binary packages
- you want a game-engine-style physics simulator rather than robotics-focused algorithms
Facets
library · maturity stable
simulation graphics math middleware data-visualization robotics simulation education windows cpp cross-platform kinematics dynamics motion-planning path-planning collision-detection rigid-body-dynamics multibody-systems hardware-abstraction robot-drivers spatial-vector-algebra real-time-control bsc-license cmake algorithms automation linux macos
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/roboticslibrary/rl · fetched 2026-08-28 · fd5f737ae32b
- homepage: https://www.roboticslibrary.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 309855b3b1d5
- site_page: https://www.roboticslibrary.org/tutorials/install-windows · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9343ec83a763
- site_page: https://www.roboticslibrary.org/tutorials/install-ubuntu · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5c03c91611d4
- site_page: https://www.roboticslibrary.org/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8d19ca278f8d
- site_page: https://www.roboticslibrary.org/download · fetched 2026-08-29 · e2a1ed410053
- site_page: https://www.roboticslibrary.org/api · fetched 2026-08-29 · b04966e5b7d9
- site_page: http://doc.roboticslibrary.org/0.7.0/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · f63d78f62b1f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| roboticslibrary/rl | main | 30 |
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