This is one of the earliest demonstrations of ARMOR — Augmented Reality Mobile Robotics — loading a robot from a URDF file and simulating it live. A double pendulum, defined entirely in the Unified Robot Description Format (URDF), swings in the breeze on the cliffs above Getxo and the Port of Bilbao.
URDF is the same robot-description format used in ROS 2, so a model built here can move between the phone and professional desktop tooling. This clip marks the start of building a full URDF editor and simulator for iPhone, iPad, and Mac — “like ROS 2 on the iPhone.”
Highlights
- A double pendulum loaded directly from a URDF file
- Real-time motion rendered in augmented reality
- An early look at the ARMOR app on iOS
New to URDF? Start with Getting Started and the Basic Workflow.