Prerequisites#
Use All Simulators Supported by MetaSim#
To develop with the full capability of MetaSim, it is recommended to install with Docker on Ubuntu. The recommended setup is as follows:
System Requirements#
Component |
Ideal |
Minimum |
|---|---|---|
CPU |
Intel Core i9 |
Intel Core i7 |
Cores |
32 cores |
4 cores |
GPU |
RTX 4090 |
RTX 3070 / 4060 |
VRAM |
24GB |
8GB |
RAM |
64GB |
32GB |
Free Storage |
500GB SSD |
50GB SSD |
Environment Setup#
Component |
Recommended Setup (tested) |
Alternative Setup (not fully tested) |
|---|---|---|
Operating System |
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS |
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS |
NVIDIA Driver |
535 |
550, 570 |
CUDA Toolkit |
11.8 |
12.* |
Check your NVIDIA driver version with
nvidia-smi.Check your CUDA toolkit version with
nvcc --version.
Light-weight Installation#
If you only want to try MetaSim, you can directly install the specific simulator backends as you need.
You may choose one or more of the following simulators, according to your operating system.
OS |
IsaacLab v1.4 |
IsaacLab v2 |
IsaacGym |
MuJoCo |
SAPIEN v2 |
SAPIEN v3 |
Genesis |
PyBullet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MacOS |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Windows |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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Ubuntu |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Note
RoboVerse team hasn’t got the chance to fully test MetaSim on MacOS and Windows. Please let us know if you have any issues.
For more information about the supported platforms, please refer to the official guide of each simulator: