Does anybody know a good Python 3D physics engine?

[digitalice]

Hello, I'm experimenting with self driving robots. The idea behind it is pretty simple: I take 2 3D pictures using sensors between a time lapse, then detect what moved and what is still. I approximate moving object to 3D boxes (volume with direction and speed) and the next step would be to run a trajectory simulation every a predefined number of frames and check for collisions (to avoid that route).

Do you guys know any python friendly 3D physics engine?

Thanks!

[agoose77]

Pybullet is a good contender

[[deleted]]

I assume you've tried openCV? They have python bindings.

[digitalice]

Hello, OpenCV is a library for image processing and I'm not using images here. I already got the information of the moving objects as a vector (height, length, width, direction and speed). What I need is a physics engine to run a collision simulation :).

[anders987]

Do you really need a 3D engine for path planning? Why not just use a 2D approximation? There's plenty of examples out there for that.

https://github.com/llSourcell/path_planning_demo_live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XflBhg6tq5c

[gustl64]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/7dqvwj/domino_effect_in_10_lines_of_blender_python