The Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) is a
physics engine written in C/C++. Its two main components are a
rigid body dynamics simulation engine and a
collision detection engine. It is
free software
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licensed both under the
BSD license
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and the
LGPL.
ODE was started in 2001 and has already been used in many applications and games, such as ''
Assetto Corsa
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'', ''
BloodRayne 2'', ''
Call of Juarez
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'', ''
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'', ''
Titan Quest'', ''
World of Goo'', ''
X-Moto'' and ''
OpenSimulator''.
Overview
The Open Dynamics Engine is used for simulating the dynamic interactions between bodies in space. It is not tied to any particular graphics package although it includes a basic one called ''drawstuff''. It supports several geometries: box, sphere, capsule (cylinder capped with hemispheres),
triangle mesh, cylinder and
heightmap.
Simulation
Higher level environments that allow non-programmers access to ODE include
Player Project,
Webots
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The Webots project started in 1996, initially developed by Dr. Olivier Michel at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ( EPFL) in Lausanne, Switz ...
,
Opensimulator,
anyKode Marilou
anyKode Marilou is a modeling and simulation environment for mobile robots, humanoids, articulated arms and parallel robots operating in real-world conditions that respect the laws of physics. This robotics suite is used in research centers and in ...
an
V-REP
ODE is a popular choice for robotics simulation applications, with scenarios such as mobile robot locomotion and simple grasping. ODE has some drawbacks in this field, for example the method of approximating friction and poor support for joint-damping.
See also
*
OPAL
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– the Open Physics Abstraction Layer, originally built on top of ODE
*
Physics Abstraction Layer
The Physics Abstraction Layer (PAL) is an open-source cross-platform physical simulation API abstraction system. It is similar to a physics engine wrapper, however it is far more flexible providing extended abilities. PAL is free software, relea ...
– The original Physics Abstraction Layer
*
Newton Game Dynamics
Newton Game Dynamics is an open-source physics engine for realistically simulating rigid bodies in games and other real-time applications. Its solver is deterministic and not based on traditional LCP or iterative methods.
Newton Game Dynamic ...
*
Bullet
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– another open source physics engine used in commercial games and movies
*
Chipmunk
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Taxonomy and systematics
Chipmunks may be classified either as ...
– a similar physics engine intended for 2D applications
*
Vortex (software)
Vortex Studio is a complete simulation software platform. It features a high-fidelity, realtime physics engine developed by CM Labs Simulations that simulates rigid body dynamics, collision detection, contact determination, and dynamic reactions. ...
*
Project Chrono
References
External links
* Bitbucket
ODE project pageOpen Dynamics Engine (ODE) Community Wiki* (Old
Official ODE Homepage* (Obsolete
Python-ODE Bindings (pyode)The ode4j project, a Java port of ODEThe ODE.NET project, a C# wrapper for ODE
Computer physics engines
Free computer libraries
Software using the BSD license
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