INEX Thailand Releases Mirobot Simulator v2.4.7 for 6-DOF Robotic Arm Training

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Innovative Experiment Co., Ltd. (INEX) of Thailand has developed Mirobot Simulator, an interactive desktop application for simulating the WLKATA Mirobot 6-DOF robotic arm. The simulator is built using Vue, Electron, and Three.js, and features real-time 3D visualization, forward and inverse kinematics, joint and Cartesian jogging, and WLKATA G-code import and export. The latest release, version 2.4.7, expands support for both Jog and Path simulation modes. WLKATA Robotics is credited for the original Mirobot platform and mechanical design on which the simulator is based. The tool is intended for robotics education, development, and simulation, with a live demo and open-source repository publicly available.

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