Hi everyone,
We are excited to share GZ Weather System, an open-source collection of realistic Rain and Snow simulation worlds for Gazebo Sim (Harmonic) built using Gazebo Sim’s built-in ParticleEmitter system.
The goal of this project is to provide lightweight, reusable weather environments that can be integrated into robotics simulations without requiring custom rendering plugins.
Features
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Realistic Rain simulation -
Realistic Snow simulation -
Runtime particle emission control using Gazebo Transport
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Built entirely with Gazebo Sim’s built-in ParticleEmitter system
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Easy to customize and integrate into existing simulation environments
This project was inspired by the official Gazebo Sim Particle Enitter concept to support realistic Rain and Snow weather effects.
Repository
GitHub:
Demo Video
YouTube:
Current Status
Currently available:
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Rain World
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Snow World
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Runtime weather control
Planned future additions include:
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Wind effects
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Dynamic weather transitions
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Additional reusable weather environments
We hope this project is useful for the Gazebo Sim and robotics community. Feedback, suggestions, and contributions are always welcome.
Contributors
Developed with equal contribution by:
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Aachal Sharma
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Rahul Gupta
Reference
This work is based on the official Gazebo Sim ParticleEmitter framework and was inspired by the official ParticleEmitter (Fog Generator) example.