Robot Simulation — Isaac Sim Documentation
Title: Robot Simulation — Isaac Sim Documentation
URL Source: https://docs.isaacsim.omniverse.nvidia.com/latest/robot_simulation/index.html
Published Time: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:25:25 GMT
Markdown Content: Robot Simulation#
The Robot Simulation section provides information on tools that you will need to move a robot. The lowest level of control is joint control. For the next level up, we separated the controllers by the robot types, for they represent the three types of controllers we provide in Isaac Sim:
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Wheeled Robots: use controllers that are based on universal formulas and require very few robot-specific parameters as inputs.
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Manipulators: use controllers that are based on complex optimization, therefore the same robot performing the same task could use many variety of controllers, each with a different optimization method. They often require the robot models in the optimization process.
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Policy Controlled Robots: uses controllers that are trained using reinforcement learning. They also has a much looser definition “controllers”, for they can have task and path planners embedded as well.
Joint Level Control#
Wheeled Robots#
Manipulators#
Policy Controlled Robots#
Tips and Deep Dives#
Links/Buttons:
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- Articulation Controller
- Mobile Robot Controllers
- Motion Generation
- Surface Gripper Extension
- Grasp Editor
- Reinforcement Learning Policies Examples in Isaac Sim
- Robot Simulation Tips
- Useful Links