PythonRobotics: a Python code collection of robotics algorithms

TL;DR

PythonRobotics is an open-source collection of Python implementations of widely used robotics algorithms, aimed at helping beginners understand autonomous navigation concepts through practical code and animations.

Contribution

It provides an accessible, beginner-friendly Python library of key robotics algorithms with visualizations, facilitating learning and understanding of autonomous navigation.

Findings

Includes practical algorithms used in academia and industry

Features animations for better understanding of algorithms

Designed for readability and ease of use in educational contexts

Abstract

This paper describes an Open Source Software (OSS) project: PythonRobotics. This is a collection of robotics algorithms implemented in the Python programming language. The focus of the project is on autonomous navigation, and the goal is for beginners in robotics to understand the basic ideas behind each algorithm. In this project, the algorithms which are practical and widely used in both academia and industry are selected. Each sample code is written in Python3 and only depends on some standard modules for readability and ease of use. It includes intuitive animations to understand the behavior of the simulation.