Web URDF viewer by frontend developer - seeking robotics feedback

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I’m a frontend developer who created a web-based URDF viewer:

Current features:

  • URDF/XACRO upload and 3D rendering
  • Basic joint controls
  • Orbit/zoom camera

Questions for robotics experts:

  1. Do link frames and joint axes match RViz/Gazebo?
  2. Any issues with visual vs collision geometry handling?
  3. What features are missing or would be nice to have?

Planning next: Online Pointcloud editor - any must-have features or ideas?
Examples: downsampling, filtering, cropping, annotation… what do you need most?

GitHub: GitHub - qkrdkwl9090/urdf-viewer: Browser-based URDF viewer for visualizing and controlling robot models in 3D

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Cool! Why not add some sample URDF files that people can play with right away before deciding to go through the trouble of digging up their own? Might make it easier to get started.

I don’t think this is the first such project. It might be good to list others and what you think was missing from them, motivating you to create another one.

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Great points, thank you!

I’ll add sample URDFs (Panda, UR5, etc.) so visitors can explore right away — that’s an easy win I should’ve thought of.

You’re right about existing projects too. I’ve looked into a few and there are definitely solid ones already. I’ll put together a comparison to clarify what gap this tool aims to fill and update the repo accordingly.

Thanks again for the constructive feedback!

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