About the Player Project

The Player Project creates Free Software that enables research in robot and sensor systems. The Player robot server is probably the most widely used robot control interface in the world, and supports a wide variety of hardware. Client libraries in C, C++, Python, and Ruby are officially supported, while Java, Ada, Octave, and others are supported by third parties. Its simulation backends, Stage and Gazebo, are also very widely used.

Released under the GNU General Public License, all code from the Player Project is free to use, distribute and modify. Player is developed by an international team of robotics researchers and used at labs around the world.

The 'official' project homepage - Sourceforge project page

Current Player version: 3.0.2 (Changelog)
Current Stage version: 4.1.0 (Changelog)

Quick start:

• About player
• Getting started
• Download
• Extensions
• Documentation

Software

Packages from the Player Project

• Player robot server.
• Stage 2D multi-robot simulator.
• Gazebo 3D multi-robot simulator.

Download these components.

Third-party extensions and utilities

• Player extensions (server side)
  • Plugins (drivers)
• Player client libraries (client-side APIs in various languages)
• Player clients
• Player and frameworks
• Systems with Player

User Community

• Player users around the world (if your project uses Player, why not add a link here?)
• Getting help Support for users of the Player system.
• Report a bug or submit a patch.

Development

• Development Roadmap
• Development Wishlist
• Contributing

Documentation

• Steps to use Player in your robotics project
• Tutorials for working with Player
• Player/Stage/Gazebo FAQ
• Compiling and using Player on Windows
• Non-Wiki API and driver documentation.
• Tips On Managing Multiple Linux Processes
• All Wiki Documentation

Other Topics

• Player Wikipedia entry
• Project history
• The complete 'All the world's a stage" speech.