Simbad robot simulator is an

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software simulator used to develop robotics and artificial intelligence applications. The Simbad project started in 2005, initially developed by Dr. Louis Hugues and is widely used for educational purposes. Simbad is distributed under the

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. It is written in

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and enables users to develop robot controllers in a simulated 3D environment.Robots, mazes, and subsumption architecture with Simbad
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* Free simulation software Robotics simulation software 2005 software 2005 in robotics {{Robotics-stub