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Starting out with robotics without hardware

My goal is to figure out a system where I can declare the shape of a robot like this (armature size, number of joints, offsets etc) to create a virtual model of the robot.

This sounds like URDF.

Now, I’m sure there are systems and packages that do all the math for this already, so what tools/libraries do you guys use to do modeling like this?

It is normal to use ROS to send instructions and receive feedback from robots, you can also setup a simulated environment with ROS and Gazebo.

ROS can be a bit rough to get into, if you need any help, you can post on the ROS community.

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ChatGPT Changed How I Write Software

I usually use it more to help me write documentation and add comments on some functions. It helps explaining what a function does.

To write code I usually just use it to write simple functions or a template code for me to start from somewhere. I avoid using it with external Libraries as in my experience, it likes to "invent" functions and methods that are not implemented.