@philfung: Pretty excited about the new SuperDex robotics simulator by @Meta. 1. It's contact-first simulator in C++ designed for …
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Meta has released SuperDex, a new contact-first robotics simulator in C++ designed for smooth, non-convex rigid–soft physics, with a full suite of tools including RL environments, GUI authoring, and VR teleoperation.
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Pretty excited about the new SuperDex robotics simulator by @Meta.
- It’s contact-first simulator in C++ designed for smooth, non-convex rigid–soft physics (vs mujoco designed for convex shapes)
- Rather than standalone simulator, it includes a full suite of tools (RL/gym environments (“Superdex Lab”), GUI authoring tool (“Superdex Studio”), VR teleop).
- It runs well on Mac!
https://projectsuperdex.com https://github.com/facebookresearch/project_superdex…
Trying it out below:
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