PyRoboSimulator

Production-grade world simulation platform for autonomous systems, robotics, and AI research

A source-available simulation engine built for developers and researchers who need accurate, scalable environments for testing autonomous vehicles, robots, and multi-agent systems. PyRoboSimulator combines a lightweight multi-agent physics loop, realistic sensor modeling, a real MuJoCo physics backend, and a REST API prototype into one platform. This is two things under one name: a pip-installable Rust-backed core (World/Agent/Mission/NarrativeEngine/StorageEngine) and a separate FastAPI backend service (backend/) you run from source — see "What's actually installable" below before copying any example.

TL;DR: Multi-agent physics simulation with realistic sensors (RGB, Depth, Lidar, Thermal) and a real MuJoCo backend, plus an in-development REST API with Kubernetes deployment manifests. Throughput/latency numbers below are not backed by a committed benchmark — see Known Issues.

Why PyRoboSimulator?

Two real, working pieces today: a Rust-backed core package (World, Agent, Mission, NarrativeEngine, ROS2Bridge, StorageEngine) installable via pip install pyrobosimulator, and a separate FastAPI backend (run from source in backend/) with a lightweight multi-agent physics loop, a REST API, and a real MuJoCo physics integration.

StorageEngine is a real, RocksDB-backed event log (world_id → ordered event history), opening an actual on-disk database rather than the silent in-memory no-op it previously was — see pyrobosimulator-core/src/storage.rs. NarrativeEngine.generate_from_events is honestly not implemented in the Rust core (it requires an LLM call); use the real, Claude-backed equivalent already wired up in backend/src/narratives/narrative_converter.py instead.

Accurate sensor simulation: RGB cameras, depth sensors, Lidar point clouds, and thermal imaging, implemented in backend/src/sensors/ — each physically grounded and configurable per-agent.

Real MuJoCo physics backend: loads actual MJCF/URDF models and steps real dynamics (see "Multi-Backend Physics" below) — not a stub.

Dependencies are 100% OSS-licensed: 52 audited dependencies, all permissive/OSS licenses — see OSS Compliance Audit. This codebase itself is Apache License 2.0 (see License below).

Kubernetes/Docker manifests exist (backend/k8s/, backend/Dockerfile) for deploying the backend service. The backend's database and cache layers are still in-memory for simulations/users as of this pass (see Known Issues) — the PostgreSQL/Redis integration described in Architecture below is partially wired, not fully load-bearing yet.

What's Actually Installable

pip install pyrobosimulator gets you the Rust-backed core only. As of this pass, import pyrobosimulator exposes exactly: World, Agent, AgentType, Mission, NarrativeEngine, ROS2Bridge, StorageEngine (see python/pyrobosimulator/__init__.py). NarrativeEngine.generate_from_events raises NotImplementedError by design (see above); everything else is real.

SimulationEngine and ScenarioBuilder — used throughout "Getting Started" and "Real-World Examples" below — are not part of the pip package. They're defined in backend/src/services/simulation_engine.py and backend/src/services/scenario_generator.py, i.e. the FastAPI backend service, which you run from source (see step 3 of Getting Started and backend/README.md). pip install pyrobosimulator alone will not make from pyrobosimulator import SimulationEngine work. This has not yet been reconciled — treat the code blocks below as backend-service examples, not pip-package examples, until it is.

Known Issues

2026-09-13 pass — CI workflow gating fixed, root causes behind most test failures fixed, deeper backlogs newly surfaced (not yet fixed):

CI workflow previously skipped Tests/Security Audit entirely whenever Code Quality failed (needs: quality), hiding whether the code actually worked or had real vulnerabilities. Restructured: bandit/safety pulled into their own independent security-audit job; test no longer depends on quality; both now always run and report real status.
black/isort backlog (72/134, 68/134 files) — fixed. Reformatted to CI's pinned black==23.12.0/isort==5.13.2.
flake8 backlog (238 issues) — cleaned. Mechanical unused-import/var/ line-length cleanup via autoflake, plus 4 real bugs found in the process: a NameError-on-undefined-variable bug in agent_interpreter.py's fallback description, a bare except:, a dataclasses.field shadowing bug, and a redundant import. 27 flake8 E501 (unsplittable long f-strings) remain — cosmetic, not fixed.
Real bugs found and fixed — backend test suite went from 87 failed/18 errors to 41 failed/1 error:
- passlib==1.7.4 + bcrypt>=4.1 incompatibility broke all password hashing (passlib's own internal self-test trips a ValueError bcrypt 4.1+ now raises). Pinned bcrypt<4.1. Alone fixed ~7 failures + 17 errors.
- The CLI analytics dashboard (src/analytics/cli_dashboard.py) was silently, permanently disabled — a wrong import path (backend.src.analytics.cli_dashboard instead of src.analytics...) meant it always fell into its "textual not installed" fallback, even when textual was installed, and its tests only ever exercised a mock. Fixed the import path (also present in the test file and 3 docstrings), and added textual as a real declared optional dependency (dashboard extra) — it was never declared anywhere. 26/26 real dashboard tests now pass against the actual implementation.
- 11 SensorType enum members (GPS, RTK_GPS, STEREO_CAMERA, TIME_OF_FLIGHT, WHEEL_ENCODER, STEERING_ENCODER, FORCE_TORQUE_SENSOR, TACTILE_SENSOR, WIND_SENSOR, SONAR, DVL) were referenced by the standard sensor-suite builders but never registered — building a standard suite for most robot platforms crashed outright. Added real specs with domain-realistic parameters for all 11.
- tests/test_trajectories.py imported Vector3 from the wrong module (of 3 separate Vector3 classes in this codebase) — fixed.
- simulation_engine.py's step_complete Event was missing its .id (the other 2 Event sites set one, this one didn't), crashing the real-time visualization streamer whenever it needed to serialize one.
- bandit (Security Audit) couldn't even start — it imports pbr at runtime but doesn't declare it as a real dependency. Added pbr to dev deps. With bandit actually running, it flagged main.py's host="0.0.0.0" bind (correct/required — the app runs in a container) — suppressed with # nosec B104 and a justification, not by changing the bind address.
src/__init__.py was missing entirely, making src/ an implicit namespace package — this is what caused mypy's "Source file found twice under different module names" error, meaning the strict-mode mypy gate had never once completed a real check in this repo's history. Fixed (no behavior change). With that unblocked, mypy now runs to completion and surfaces 530 real type errors across 58 files — a large, previously invisible backlog, not fixed in this pass.
safety check (dependency vulnerability scan) reports 50 vulnerabilities across 13 packages, including a real starlette HTTP request smuggling CVE (2026-48710) — not fixed in this pass; each needs individual upgrade-path verification rather than a blind mass-upgrade. safety check itself is also a deprecated command (unsupported since mid-2024); CI should move to safety scan separately.
Still open: 41 test failures / 1 error (not yet individually root-caused), the 530 mypy errors above, the 50 safety findings above, 27 cosmetic flake8 E501s, and the frontend/ directory has not yet been audited for JS quality.
Backend database/cache are still in-memory. The PostgreSQL/Redis integration described in Architecture is partially wired, not fully load-bearing for simulations/users as of this pass.
NarrativeEngine.generate_from_events is not implemented in the Rust core — it raises NotImplementedError by design; use the real, Claude-backed equivalent in backend/src/narratives/narrative_converter.py instead (see "Why PyRoboSimulator?" above).
Gazebo and Isaac Sim physics backends are unfinished sketches, not real integrations — see "Multi-Backend Physics" below.
Performance Benchmarks below are not backed by a committed, reproducible benchmark suite. Treat them as unverified until a benchmark script lands.

Key Capabilities

Physics Engine

Euler integration with configurable timestep (default 16ms @ 60Hz)
Collision detection via AABB (axis-aligned bounding box) radius overlap
Boundary conditions with elastic bounce or clipping
Velocity/acceleration clamping for stability

This lightweight custom engine (backend/src/services/simulation_engine.py) is what powers the multi-agent simulation described throughout this README (100K+ agents, the REST API, sensor suite, etc.).

Multi-Backend Physics (`backend/src/simulators/`)

Separately, PyRoboSimulator defines a pluggable SimulatorBackend interface (backend/src/simulators/backend_interface.py) so individual robots/scenes can be simulated with a real rigid-body physics engine instead of the lightweight engine above. Backend status, honestly:

Backend	Status	Why
MuJoCo (`mujoco_backend.py`)	Real, working physics. Loads actual MJCF/URDF models via `mujoco.MjSpec`, steps real dynamics with `mujoco.mj_step`, and extracts real body/joint state, contacts, and sensor data (camera, Lidar via raycasting, IMU). Verified with kinematics-correctness tests (e.g. free-fall height matches `z0 - 1/2 g t^2`) — see `backend/tests/test_mujoco_backend.py`. Install with `pip install -e ".[physics]"` (adds `mujoco`, pip-installable, no GPU required).	MuJoCo is a lightweight, pip-installable physics engine with no external service dependency, so a genuine integration is achievable in any Python environment.
Gazebo (`gazebo_backend.py`)	Not available in this environment. `initialize()` raises `EnvironmentError` immediately rather than silently no-op'ing.	Real Gazebo simulation needs a full ROS 2 installation (`rclpy` + the `ros_gz`/`gazebo_ros` bridge) and the Gazebo simulator itself — system packages installed via ROS 2's apt repositories, not `pip`. Not available in a typical sandboxed dev environment or CI runner without a dedicated ROS 2 image.
Isaac Sim (`isaac_sim_backend.py`)	Not available in this environment. `initialize()` raises `EnvironmentError` immediately rather than silently no-op'ing.	Real Isaac Sim needs NVIDIA Omniverse (the `isaacsim`/`omni` packages, installed via NVIDIA's Omniverse Launcher, not PyPI) and a CUDA-capable NVIDIA GPU for PhysX/RTX. No GPU is available in a typical dev sandbox or standard CI runner.

If you need working physics today, use MuJoCoBackend. The Gazebo/Isaac Sim backend files are unfinished sketches, not real integrations: initialize() fails fast and honestly, and the other methods below it are unreachable in normal use (nothing calls them without initialize() succeeding first) and still only do in-memory bookkeeping — they do not call Gazebo/ROS 2 or Omniverse APIs. Building either for real is a larger effort gated on access to that infrastructure, which is why it's out of scope here.

Sensor Suite (Phase 1C: Realistic Sensor Simulation)

RGB Camera: 1920×1080 @ 30 FPS with ISO-based noise, lens distortion, motion blur, color grading presets
Depth Sensor: 512×512 float32 @ 30 FPS, 0-300m range with quantization, range-based noise, temporal filtering, edge artifacts
Lidar: 512 rays × 16 layers (8K+ points/frame), rain occlusion (20-30%), beam spread, multi-path returns, temporal jitter
Thermal Camera: 256×256 @ 30 FPS, -20°C to +60°C with material emissivity (11 types), view factor, calibration error
Sensor Fusion: Real-time multi-sensor integration with timestamp synchronization, coordinate transforms, <0.01ms latency

World Streaming & UE5 Integration (Phase 1C.8)

Chunked world loading: 500m × 500m chunks with LOD support
Mesh generation: Obstacle serialization in JSON and binary formats
Dynamic streaming: Handle 1000+ obstacles with <100ms load latency
Memory efficient: Automatic caching and cache invalidation

State Synchronization (Phase 1C.9)

Bidirectional sync: Python ↔ UE5 state reconciliation
Conflict resolution: Multiple strategies (last_write_wins, backend_wins, UE5_wins)
State validation: Pluggable validation rules framework
Rollback support: State history tracking and recovery
<16ms latency: Per-frame synchronization overhead

Sensor Data Recording (Phase 1C.10)

Ring buffer: Real-time frame buffering
Multi-format storage: HDF5, Zarr, raw binary with compression
Query interface: Search by agent, timestamp, or sensor type
Automatic cleanup: Memory management and retention policies

Behavior Trees (Phase 2.1)

Composite nodes: Sequence, Selector, Parallel with configurable policies
Decorator nodes: Inverter, Repeater, Limiter for advanced control
Execution framework: <1ms per-tree evaluation with 100+ agents
YAML support: Load trees from configuration files
Telemetry: Execution tracking and performance monitoring

Navigation & Pathfinding (Phase 2.2)

A Pathfinding*: Efficient route planning with heuristic caching
Navigation Mesh: Walkable polygon support for terrain
Collision Avoidance: RVO (Reciprocal Velocity Obstacle) for smooth movement
Dynamic Obstacles: Real-time integration into pathfinding
Cache Hit Rate: 50%+ on repeated paths
Performance: <1ms pathfinding with caching

Agent Memory & State (Phase 2.3)

Multi-Layer Memory: Episodic, semantic, procedural, emotional
Memory Decay: Configurable aging with recency bias
Relationships: Trust, familiarity, interaction tracking
Emotional State: Valence-based emotion system
Advanced Queries: Search by type, tags, strength threshold
Memory Capacity: Auto-pruning of weak memories

Multi-Agent Communication (Phase 2.4)

Message Types: Direct, broadcast, multicast communication
Priority Queuing: Critical, high, normal, low priority levels
Expiration Tracking: Automatic message cleanup
Acknowledgment: Message delivery confirmation
Range-Based Broadcasting: Proximity communication (e.g., 10m range)
Network Statistics: Comprehensive telemetry and monitoring

Narrative Simulation Engine (Phase 3)

NLP-Driven Scenarios: Convert natural language to simulation scenarios via Claude API
Narrative Types: 11 scenario types (rescue, patrol, inspection, delivery, etc.)
Dynamic Story Branching: Conditional, probabilistic, and agent-driven branching
Agent Behavior Interpretation: Automatic action conversion to simulation primitives
Constraint System: Goal tracking, violation detection, event sequencing
Narrative Validation: 30+ automated validation checks

Real-to-Sim Bridge (Phase 4)

ROS Bag Parsing: Multi-sensor playback (poses, images, point clouds, IMU, GPS)
Trajectory Extraction: Automatic waypoint detection and segmentation
Sensor Replay: Synchronized multi-sensor playback with configurable speed
Sim-Real Validation: Metric comparison (MSE, RMSE, velocity alignment)
Execution Log Conversion: Transform real robot logs into simulation scenarios
Graceful Fallback: Mock parsers for data without ROS infrastructure

Analytics Dashboard (Phase 5)

CLI-Based Monitoring: Real-time metrics via Textual terminal UI
7-Panel Layout: Metrics, Narrative, Performance, Sensors, Validation, Progress, Control
Time-Series Storage: Circular buffers for efficient metric tracking
Event Callbacks: Real-time updates for simulation, narrative, validation, sensor events
Rich Formatting: Tables, charts, and status displays
Zero Dependencies: Optional Textual—graceful fallback if unavailable

Curriculum Learning (Phase 6)

Adaptive Difficulty: 7-factor weighted model (path, obstacles, time, sensors, dynamics, precision, objectives)
Learner Profiles: Track success rates, performance metrics, progression
Progressive Scenarios: Auto-scaling difficulty with 3 scenario types (navigation, inspection, delivery)
Curriculum Plans: Multi-lesson sequences with performance-based adaptation
Outcome Analysis: Path efficiency, time efficiency, and success tracking

Multi-Agent Coordination (Phase 7)

Formation Control: 6 formation types (swarm, line, circle, grid, hierarchy, scout)
Messaging System: Targeted, broadcast, hierarchical, and consensus communication
Collective Intelligence: Team cohesion metrics and synchronized action
Role-Based Teams: Leader/follower hierarchies with dynamic role assignment
Team Status Monitoring: Aggregate metrics across fleet

Fleet Learning (Phase 8)

Experience Logging: Structured capture of agent actions and outcomes
Pattern Identification: Automatic discovery of successful strategies
Knowledge Transfer: Mentor assignment and experience sharing
Team Performance Analytics: Success rates, efficiency metrics, anomaly detection
Agent Recommendations: Personalized guidance based on peer performance

World Generation

Built-in scenarios: Parking lot (4×5 grid), warehouse (4 corners + shelves), urban street (3×3 intersections)
Procedural generation: Random obstacle placement, configurable complexity, spawn zone definition
Obstacle modeling: Static and dynamic obstacles with collision properties
Deterministic seeding: Same seed = reproducible results every time

REST API

15 core endpoints covering simulation CRUD, status, results streaming
OpenAPI auto-documentation at /docs
Server-Sent Events (SSE) for result streaming without polling
JWT authentication with bcrypt password hashing
Pagination for large result sets
Async/await throughout for high concurrency (1M+ concurrent connections)

Deployment

Docker: Multi-stage production image, non-root user, <50MB footprint
Kubernetes: Full HA setup (3-30 replicas, pod disruption budgets, autoscaling)
Monitoring: Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, structured JSON logging
CI/CD: GitHub Actions 7-stage pipeline (lint, test, build, scan, deploy, smoke test, notify)
Database: PostgreSQL with async SQLAlchemy ORM, connection pooling
Caching: Redis with >95% hit rate targeting, TTL-based invalidation

Getting Started (5 Minutes)

1. Install

pip install pyrobosimulator==0.11.0

This gives you the Rust-backed core (World, Agent, Mission, NarrativeEngine, ROS2Bridge, StorageEngine). See "What's Actually Installable" above.

2. Run Your First Simulation (backend service, run from source — see step 3)

from pyrobosimulator import SimulationEngine

# Create engine
engine = SimulationEngine(
    num_agents=100,
    duration=60.0,
    timestep=0.016,
)

# Run (blocks until complete)
engine.run()

# Access results
summary = engine.get_summary()
print(f"Collisions: {summary['collision_count']}")
print(f"Agents reached goal: {summary['goal_reached_count']}")
print(f"Total events: {summary['total_events']}")

3. Start the Backend API

There is no pyrobosimulator[backend] extra — the backend is a separate FastAPI service you run from source:

git clone https://github.com/Mullassery/PyRoboSimulator.git
cd PyRoboSimulator/backend
pip install -e ".[dev]"
uvicorn src.main:app --reload

(Full setup incl. PostgreSQL/Redis: see backend/README.md.) Then visit http://localhost:8000/docs to see interactive API documentation.

4. Create a Simulation via REST API

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/simulations \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "scenario": "parking_lot",
    "num_agents": 50,
    "duration": 30.0
  }'

Real-World Examples

The examples below use SimulationEngine/ScenarioBuilder from the backend service (run from source — see "What's Actually Installable" above), not the pip-installed pyrobosimulator package.

Autonomous Vehicles

from pyrobosimulator import SimulationEngine, ScenarioBuilder

# Generate urban street scenario
builder = ScenarioBuilder()
world = builder.urban_street(
    width=300,
    depth=300,
    intersections=3,
    obstacle_density=0.2
)

# Simulate with sensors
engine = SimulationEngine(
    world_config=world,
    num_agents=50,  # 50 vehicles
    duration=120.0,
)
engine.run()

# Analyze collision patterns
results = engine.get_summary()
if results['collision_count'] > 0:
    print("Algorithm failed collision avoidance")

Multi-Robot Coordination

# Simulate warehouse robots
builder = ScenarioBuilder()
world = builder.warehouse(num_shelves=10, shelf_height=3)

engine = SimulationEngine(
    world_config=world,
    num_agents=20,  # 20 robots
    duration=300.0,  # 5 minutes
)

# Listen for events
for event in engine.event_stream():
    if event['type'] == 'collision':
        print(f"Collision between agents {event['agent1']} and {event['agent2']}")
    elif event['type'] == 'goal_reached':
        print(f"Agent {event['agent_id']} reached goal")

Sensor Fusion Research

# Test sensor fusion algorithm
engine = SimulationEngine(num_agents=10, duration=60.0)

for agent in engine.agents:
    # Add multiple sensor types
    agent.add_rgb_sensor(resolution=(1920, 1080))
    agent.add_depth_sensor(resolution=(512, 512))
    agent.add_lidar_sensor(num_rays=512, num_layers=16)

engine.run()

# Extract synchronized sensor data
for frame in engine.get_sensor_frames(agent_id=0):
    rgb = frame['rgb']        # JPEG bytes
    depth = frame['depth']    # float32 array
    lidar = frame['lidar']    # 8192 point cloud

Architecture

┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│   Client Application (Python/REST)         │
└────────────────────┬───────────────────────┘
                     │
                     │ HTTP/gRPC
                     ▼
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│   PyRoboSimulator Backend (FastAPI)        │
│  - Simulation Engine (physics loop)        │
│  - World Generation (procedural)           │
│  - Sensor Simulation (realistic)           │
│  - Event Processing (async)                │
└────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────┘
         │                      │
         ▼                      ▼
    ┌─────────┐           ┌──────────┐
    │PostgreSQL│           │  Redis   │
    │Database  │           │  Cache   │
    └─────────┘           └──────────┘
         ▲                      ▲
         │                      │
    Optional: Kubernetes Deployment
    - 3-30 replicas (autoscaling)
    - Pod disruption budgets
    - Network policies
    - Prometheus monitoring

Core Components:

SimulationEngine: Physics loop, collision detection, event emission
ScenarioBuilder: Procedural world generation, built-in templates
SensorManager: Per-agent sensor coordination (RGB, Depth, Lidar, Thermal)
REST API: FastAPI async endpoints, OpenAPI documentation
Database Layer: SQLAlchemy async ORM, connection pooling
Caching Layer: Redis with pattern-based invalidation

Performance Benchmarks

All benchmarks run on a 2023 MacBook Pro (Apple Silicon M2, 8GB RAM):

Metric	Value	Notes
Throughput	100K+ agents/sec	Single machine, full physics
API Latency (P99)	<500ms	95th percentile over 10K requests
Simulation Startup	<1s	Engine initialization + world load
Sensor Throughput	30 FPS	All 4 sensors per agent, realistic effects
RGB Rendering	7-300ms	Depends on ISO (100-3200)
Depth Generation	5.5ms	Vectorized quantization + noise + filtering
Lidar Cloud	21.9ms	With rain occlusion, beam spread, multi-path
Thermal Imaging	2.1ms	Material emissivity + calibration
Sensor Fusion	0.01ms	Real-time multi-sensor sync + transforms
Cache Hit Rate	>95%	Scenario/results caching
Memory per Agent	~2KB	State + sensor buffers
Database Queries/sec	1000+	Async connection pool (5-20 min/max)

Scaling: Database connection pool scales to 20 connections. For higher concurrency, increase pool_size and max_overflow in settings.

API Overview

Core Endpoints

Simulations Management

POST /api/v1/simulations — Create simulation
GET /api/v1/simulations — List (paginated)
GET /api/v1/simulations/{id} — Get details
PUT /api/v1/simulations/{id} — Update
DELETE /api/v1/simulations/{id} — Delete
POST /api/v1/simulations/{id}/start — Start execution
POST /api/v1/simulations/{id}/stop — Stop execution
GET /api/v1/simulations/{id}/status — Poll status

Results & Analytics

GET /api/v1/simulations/{id}/results — Paginated results
GET /api/v1/simulations/{id}/agents — Agent states
GET /api/v1/simulations/{id}/summary — Aggregate stats
GET /api/v1/simulations/{id}/stream — SSE result stream

Health & Monitoring

GET /health — Simple health check
GET /ready — Kubernetes readiness probe
GET /metrics — Prometheus metrics

See API Documentation for full reference.

Testing & Quality

Test Suite

925 test functions across 43 files (backend/tests/), covering unit, integration, and performance scenarios
74% measured line coverage (pytest --cov=src, run from backend/) — up from 41% at the last audit; 812 passing, 86 failing, 18 erroring, 6 skipped, 3 xfailed as of this pass. The remaining failures are pre-existing, unrelated to physics/simulator work (auth/session edge cases, a few sensor-pipeline assertions) and are being tracked, not hidden — see coverage.xml/htmlcov/ for the full per-file breakdown. Real coverage gaps remain concentrated in speculative/unfinished feature areas (src/mission/, src/dashboards/, src/data/synthetic_data_generator.py, src/services/sensors.py are all still at or near 0%) rather than in core simulation code.
Performance benchmarks for common operations (pytest --benchmark-..., disabled by default in CI for speed)
Security scanning (bandit, safety)

Quality Gates

Black (code formatting)
isort (import organization)
flake8 (linting)
mypy (type checking)
pytest (testing)
Bandit (security)

Run tests locally:

pip install -e .[dev]
pytest -v --cov=src

Deployment

Docker

cd backend
docker build -t pyrobosimulator:0.11.0 .
docker run -p 8000:8000 pyrobosimulator:0.11.0

Kubernetes

cd backend/k8s
kubectl apply -k .
kubectl port-forward svc/pyrobosimulator 8000:8000

Production Checklist

See Deployment Guide for detailed instructions.

Technology Stack

Language & Framework

Python 3.10+
FastAPI (async web framework)
Pydantic (data validation)

Database & Cache

PostgreSQL (relational data)
SQLAlchemy (async ORM)
Redis (caching, sessions)

Scientific Computing

NumPy (numerical operations)
SciPy (scientific algorithms)

Deployment & Orchestration

Docker (containerization)
Kubernetes (orchestration)
GitHub Actions (CI/CD)

Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus (metrics)
Grafana (visualization)
Structured JSON logging

Testing & Quality

pytest (testing framework)
pytest-asyncio (async support)
pytest-cov (coverage)
black, isort, flake8, mypy (code quality)
bandit, safety (security scanning)

100% Open Source: All 52 dependencies use MIT, BSD, or Apache 2.0 licenses. See OSS Compliance Audit.

Comparison with Alternatives

Feature	PyRoboSimulator	CARLA	Gazebo	AirSim
Language	Python	C++	C++	C++
Physics Engine	Custom Euler	PhysX	ODE/Bullet	PhysX
Agents/Frame	100K+	100s	1000s	100s
REST API	Native	No	No	Limited
Kubernetes Ready	Yes	No	No	No
Database Integration	Yes (PostgreSQL)	No	No	No
Caching Layer	Yes (Redis)	No	No	No
Multi-Modal Sensors	RGB, Depth, Lidar, Thermal	RGB, Depth, Lidar	Camera, IMU, GPS	RGB, Depth, Lidar
License	Apache 2.0	MIT	Apache 2.0	MIT
Production Monitoring	Prometheus/Grafana	No	No	No
Open Source	Yes (Apache 2.0)	Partial	Yes	Partial

Documentation

Full API Reference — REST endpoints, request/response schemas
Deployment Guide — Docker, Kubernetes, local development
Database Schema — Tables, indexes, query patterns
UE5 Integration — Rendering engine integration (Phase 1)
OSS Compliance — Complete license audit
Performance Tuning — Optimization strategies

Cross-repo compatibility

This repo is one of several independently-published robotics packages by the same author (pyroboreplay, PyRoboFrames, PyRoboVision, PyTerrainMap). Verified by reading every Cargo.toml/pyproject.toml in that group: none of them have a Cargo or pip dependency on this repo, or on each other, except one purely conceptual (non-code) reference — pyroboreplay's README mentions a "PyTerrainMap Integration" phase that turned out to be self-contained internal modeling, not real code-level interop (see pyroboreplay's own README for the corrected framing). This repo does not import or link against any of those siblings.

Roadmap

Phase 0-2 (Complete - v0.1-v0.5.0)

Phase 3-8 (Complete - v0.8.0)

Narrative Simulation Engine (NLP→scenario conversion via Claude API)
Real-to-Sim Bridge (ROS bag parsing, trajectory extraction, validation)
Analytics Dashboard (CLI-based with Textual, 7-panel layout)
Curriculum Learning (7-factor difficulty model, adaptive progression)
Multi-Agent Coordination (6 formation types, team messaging)
Fleet Learning (experience logging, pattern identification, knowledge transfer)

Phase 9 (Complete - v0.10.0): Real Physics + Honesty Pass

Real MuJoCo physics backend (real MJCF/URDF loading, real mj_step dynamics, contacts, camera/Lidar/IMU sensors) — replaces a prior pure-stub implementation
Gazebo/Isaac Sim backends now fail fast with a clear, honest EnvironmentError instead of silently pretending to simulate
Rust core's ROS2/Gazebo world export now generates a real SDF document from actual World/Agent data, replacing a hardcoded "ROS 2 world export stub" string
Fixed a packaging bug where pip install pyrobosimulator shipped a wheel with no __init__.py, silently omitting the entire documented Python API
Fixed several bugs found while getting pytest to run clean: a missing SensorType enum member, an unreachable ScenarioClass.NOMINAL bucket that caused an unbounded test loop, and a DATABASE_URL scheme mismatch that broke every test touching the FastAPI app

Phase 9.1 (Complete - v0.11.0): Real StorageEngine

StorageEngine is now a real, RocksDB-backed event log (pyrobosimulator-core/src/storage.rs) — replaces the prior silent in-memory no-op
Deleted the dead Rust world_gen.rs stub (unused, superseded by the Python-side world generation described above)

Phase 10+ (Planned - v1.0.0+)

UE5 rendering engine integration with AAA visuals
Real-time 3D visualization
Domain randomization for ML training
Digital twin capabilities for real robot monitoring
Advanced causal inference and decision tree analysis
Distributed simulation across multiple machines
Performance optimization (GPU acceleration for physics)

Contributing

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How to contribute:

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
Open a Pull Request

Development setup:

git clone https://github.com/Mullassery/PyRoboSimulator.git
cd PyRoboSimulator
pip install -e .[dev]
pytest  # Run tests

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This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

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If you use PyRoboSimulator in your research, please cite:

@software{pyrobosimulator2024,
  author = {Mullassery, Georgi},
  title = {PyRoboSimulator: Production-Grade World Simulation for Autonomous Systems},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://github.com/Mullassery/PyRoboSimulator},
  license = {Apache-2.0}
}

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Why PyRoboSimulator?

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Physics Engine

Multi-Backend Physics (backend/src/simulators/)

Sensor Suite (Phase 1C: Realistic Sensor Simulation)

World Streaming & UE5 Integration (Phase 1C.8)

State Synchronization (Phase 1C.9)

Sensor Data Recording (Phase 1C.10)

Behavior Trees (Phase 2.1)

Navigation & Pathfinding (Phase 2.2)

Agent Memory & State (Phase 2.3)

Multi-Agent Communication (Phase 2.4)

Narrative Simulation Engine (Phase 3)

Real-to-Sim Bridge (Phase 4)

Analytics Dashboard (Phase 5)

Curriculum Learning (Phase 6)

Multi-Agent Coordination (Phase 7)

Fleet Learning (Phase 8)

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Getting Started (5 Minutes)

1. Install

2. Run Your First Simulation (backend service, run from source — see step 3)

3. Start the Backend API

4. Create a Simulation via REST API

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Phase 0-2 (Complete - v0.1-v0.5.0)

Phase 3-8 (Complete - v0.8.0)

Phase 9 (Complete - v0.10.0): Real Physics + Honesty Pass

Phase 9.1 (Complete - v0.11.0): Real StorageEngine

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