System Requirements for Running DAVE

Hardware

• A modern multi-core CPU, e.g. Intel Core i5
• 8 Gb of RAM
• A discrete Graphics Card, e.g. Nvidia GTX 650
  • The environment can be run without a GPU, but the Gazebo simulation will run much faster (should run in real-time) with access to a GPU. Without a GPU the simulation is likely to run slower than real-time.

Software

• Recommended
  • Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 Nobel (64-bit)
    • If your system is other than 24.04 (e.g. 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish), you can use Docker to run the Dave environment which will run 24.04 in docker environment. Check the Docker Requirements below and proceed.

Host Operating Systems

• For Windows 10 and Windows 11
  • WSL + Docker : 💻 Windows Machine (X86 64bit)
• For Linux Systems
  • Native (Only for Ubuntu 24.04) : ▶️  For Linux Systems (Ubuntu 24.04 Noble)
  • Docker : ⭐ For Linux machines (X86 64bit; AMD64)
• For Mac OS X
  • Native : ▶️  For Mac OS X (Apple Silicon, e.g. M1)
  • Docker + RDP : 📦 For Mac with Apple Silicons (e.g. M1)

Nvidia Driver

Our tutorials assume you have an Nvidia graphics card configured to use the proprietary driver.

• There are many online guides for configuring the Nvidia driver correctly on Ubuntu.

• Here's one example with graphical and command-line options.

• You may test your driver installation by running nvidia-smi in a terminal. If the command is not found, the driver is not installed correctly. Also test 3D Rendering with glxgears which can be used after installing the mesa-utils package with sudo apt install mesa-utils.