Major Performance Optimizations

The upcoming release of robotSuite will feature a version of robotSim with significantly improved performance. In initial benchmark tests, 12 simulated iRobot Creates ran code from a laser wander project (communicating large amounts of data) and on several computers (including a MacBook Pro, 2.16Ghz, 1Gb Ram, 128Mb Video Ram) and extremely fast frame rates – 60-80 frames per second, and 80+ on faster computers.

This is really exciting in terms of simulating swarms and other group-based projects. As part of the release, robotSim will include a roboCup field environment.

~ by robotsim on June 23, 2008.