Player Project

Player Project
Player Project
	Pioneer 3-AT robot in a Gazebo 3D simulation environment.
Developer(s)	Brian Gerkey, Richard Vaughan, Andrew Howard, Nathan Koenig
Initial release	2000
Stable release	3.0.2 / June 28, 2010
Operating system	Linux, Solaris, BSD, macOS
Type	Robotics suite
License	GNU General Public License
Website	playerstage.sourceforge.net

The Player Project (formerly Player/Stage Project) creates free and open-source software for research into robotics and sensor systems.^[1] Its components include the Player network server and the Stage platform robotics simulators. Although accurate statistics are hard to obtain, Player is one of the most popular open-source robot interfaces in research and post-secondary education.^[2]

^ Gerkey, B.; Vaughan, R.; Howard, A. (2003). The Player/Stage Project: Tools for Multi-Robot and Distributed Sensor Systems. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Robotics. pp. 317–323.
^ Collet, T. H. J.; MacDonald, B. A.; Gerkey, B. (2005). "Player 2.0: Toward a practical robot programming framework". Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA).

[1] Gerkey, B.; Vaughan, R.; Howard, A. (2003). The Player/Stage Project: Tools for Multi-Robot and Distributed Sensor Systems. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Robotics. pp. 317–323.

[2] Collet, T. H. J.; MacDonald, B. A.; Gerkey, B. (2005). "Player 2.0: Toward a practical robot programming framework". Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation (ACRA).

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