simulac 0.1.0

A CLI, library, and local server for interacting with the Tektonian backend.

Simulac

⚡️ Full-stack robot framework

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Simulac is a full-stack robot framework for robotics engineers who want a unified API for robot simulation, scene building, and hosted robot benchmarks.

Simulac supports:

1. Integrated physics engines
   • Simulac provides an abstraction layer over industry-standard physics engines
   • Mujoco is default local runtime. Mujoco Warp, Newton and Genesis will be added in the future
2. Digital twin building
   • Simulac provides fully curated assets for digital twin
   • Use assets with simple entity constructors Stuff("Robocasa/mug/mug_01")
   • Export and load environment definitions as JSON for reuse, review, and experiment setup
3. Robot benchmark
   • Run hosted robot benchmarks without manually reproducing benchmark infrastructure
   • Reduce setup frictions and speed up iteration

Contents

• Installation
• Robot Framework
• Local World Building
• Runtime API
• Randomization and Constraints
• Hosted Benchmark
• CLI
• Authentication
• Configuration
• Development
• Project Status
• License

Installation

Simulac requires Python 3.12 or later.

Install with pip:

pip install simulac

Or install with uv:

uv add simulac

Robot Framework

Simulac's local Environment API separates scene definition from runtime mutation:

1. Create an Environment.
2. Add entities such as Stuff, Robot, Camera, and lights.
3. Mutate build-time properties before creating a runner.
4. Create a Runner, which freezes the scene definition.
5. Use runtime handles for live simulation changes.

from simulac import Camera, Environment, Robot, Runner, Stuff

env = Environment(default_engine="mujoco")

table = env.add_entity(
    Stuff("path/to/table.xml"),
    entity_id="table",
    pos=(0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
    fixed=True,
)

cube = env.add_entity(
    Stuff("path/to/cube.xml"),
    entity_id="cube",
    pos=(0.4, 0.0, 0.8),
)

robot = env.add_entity(
    Robot("path/to/franka_panda.xml"),
    entity_id="panda",
)

camera = env.add_entity(
    Camera(type="rgb"),
    entity_id="front_rgb",
    pos=(0.8, -0.8, 1.2),
)

cube.set_mass(0.12)
cube.set_friction(1.0)

runner = Runner(env, 0, 5, runtime_engine="mujoco")
state = runner.reset(seed=0)

Build-time object handles include:

Handle	Common operations
StuffObject	set_pos, set_rot, set_size, set_mass, set_fixed, set_friction, collider, joint, anchor
RobotObject	set_pos, set_rot, set_joint_pos, collider, joint, anchor
CameraObject	set_pos, set_rot, set_fov, look_at, attach_to, follow

Save a scene

env.save_env("scene.json", overwrite=True)

Load a scene

loaded_env = Environment("scene.json", default_engine="mujoco")

Local World Building

Local world building uses entity definitions and object handles.

from simulac import AreaLight, Camera, Environment, Robot, Stuff

env = Environment(default_engine="mujoco")

table = env.add_entity(Stuff("path/to/table.xml"), entity_id="table", fixed=True)
robot = env.add_entity(Robot("path/to/robot.xml"), entity_id="robot")
camera = env.add_entity(Camera(type="rgb"), entity_id="front_rgb")
light = env.add_entity(AreaLight(intensity=0.8), entity_id="main_light")

camera.look_at(table.anchor("workspace_center"))
camera.attach_to(robot.anchor("camera_mount"))

Objects can expose named references for placement, constraints, and runtime lookup:

top = table.collider("top")
mount = table.anchor("robot_mount")
joint = robot.joint("joint1")

Environment definitions can be exported as JSON:

scene_json = env.dump_env_json(indent=2)
env.save_env("scene.json", overwrite=True)

Runtime API

After a runner is created, use runtime handles for live simulation state.

cube_rt = runner.get_runtime_object(cube)
robot_rt = runner.get_runtime_object(robot)
camera_rt = runner.get_runtime_object(camera)

cube_rt.change_pos((0.42, 0.05, 0.82))
cube_rt.change_mass(0.20)
cube_rt.change_friction(0.9)

robot_rt.change_joint_pos([0.0] * 7)
robot_rt.set_control([0.0] * 7)

livcamera_rte_camera.change_fov(60.0)

state = runner.tick()
image = runner.render(camera, width=640, height=480)

Runtime robot handles expose robot state by joint, site, link, and sensor name:

joint = robot_rt.joint("joint1")
site = robot_rt.site("gripper")
link = robot_rt.link("link7")
sensor = robot_rt.sensor("force_sensor")

For engine-specific work, access the native context:

ctx = runner.context("mujoco")
model = ctx.model
data = ctx.data

Randomization and Constraints

Randomization specs are sampled during reset. Constraints are used to reject invalid reset candidates.

from simulac import Constraint, Environment, Randomize, Stuff

env = Environment(default_engine="mujoco")

block = env.add_entity(Stuff("path/to/block.xml"), entity_id="block")
goal = env.add_entity(
    Stuff("path/to/goal_marker.xml"),
    entity_id="goal",
    fixed=True,
)

block.set_pos(
    Randomize.uniform(
        (0.25, -0.20, 0.80),
        (0.55, 0.20, 0.80),
        constraints=[
            Constraint.distance("block", "goal", min=0.15, max=0.50),
        ],
    )
)

block.set_mass(Randomize.choice(0.08, 0.12, 0.16))

Randomization helpers:

• Randomize.uniform(min, max)
• Randomize.normal(mean, std, clip_min=None, clip_max=None)
• Randomize.choice(*values)

Constraint helpers:

• Constraint.distance(a, b, min=None, max=None)
• Constraint.bbox(target, lower, upper, mode="inside")
• Constraint.nonpenetration(*between)

Hosted Benchmark

Run a Benchmark

from simulac.gym_style import init_bench

env = init_bench(
    "Tektonian/Libero",
    "libero_90/KITCHEN_SCENE2_put_the_black_bowl_at_the_back_on_the_plate",
    0,
    {"control_mode": "OSC_POSE"},
)

obs, info = env.reset(seed=0)
obs, reward, done, info = env.step([0.0] * 7)
env.close()

init_bench() accepts:

Parameter	Description
benchmark_id	Benchmark owner and name, for example Tektonian/Libero
env_id	Benchmark scene or task id
seed	Initial seed used to build the remote environment
benchmark_specific	Benchmark-specific options such as controller mode

Visit our website to see all available benchmarks

Authentication

Remote benchmark execution requires a Tektonian API key.

Go to our website and get an API key.

Store your API key with CLI command:

simulac auth login

You can also provide the key through an environment variable:

export SIMULAC_API_KEY=<your_api_key>

Note: API keys can only be viewed once when created

Check the active credential:

simulac auth whoami

Remove the locally stored API key:

simulac auth logout

List Available Environments

simulac benchmark list Tektonian/Libero

from simulac.gym_style import get_env_list

env_ids = get_env_list("Tektonian/Libero")

Visit the Tektonian benchmark page to see available benchmarks:

https://tektonian.com/benchmark

Step Multiple Environments

make_vec() steps multiple hosted environments concurrently and returns results in the same order as the input environment list.

from simulac.gym_style import init_bench, make_vec

args = (
    "Tektonian/Libero",
    "libero_90/KITCHEN_SCENE2_put_the_black_bowl_at_the_back_on_the_plate",
    0,
)
options = {"benchmark_specific": {"control_mode": "OSC_POSE"}}

envs = [init_bench(*args, **options) for _ in range(3)]
vec_env = make_vec(envs)

reset_results = vec_env.reset([0, 1, 2])
step_results = vec_env.step([[0.0] * 7 for _ in envs])
vec_env.close()

CLI

Configuration

Simulac reads configuration from environment variables when present:

• SIMULAC_API_KEY: use an API key without running simulac auth login
• SIMULAC_BASE_URL: override the default Tektonian API endpoint
• SIMULAC_LOG_LEVEL: set log verbosity. choose one of off, trace, debug, info, warning, error
• SIMULAC_TELEMETRY=off: disable telemetry

Development

For development, start with:

1. See CONTRIBUTING.md
2. Read docs/README.md
3. Read docs in docs/internal

Project Status

Simulac is currently alpha software.

• - The remote benchmark client is the most complete public surface. (with version 0.1.0 at 01-06-2026 )
• - Local world-building and runner APIs are still evolving. (with version 0.1.0 at 01-06-2026)
• - Support parallel Runner
• - GUI for build Environment
• - Add more physics engine adapters
  • - Mujoco Warp
  • - Newton
  • - Genesis

License

Apache-2.0