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Show HN: I built a universal robot renderer in the browser

10 points by victor_24 1y ago

I was trying to build a website for sharing robotics projects and realized the coolest way to visualize a robot is in 3D. I could only find a few open-source projects that did this, but each was for a specific environment (think MJCF vs URDF vs USD) and some were damn hard to run. I know Next.js so I decided to merge them all and call it mechaverse. I wanna fix bugs and make the viewers faster so please test it and break it.

Vincent2025 1y ago
This is fun :D
- victor_24 1y ago
  thanks mate! let me know if you find any bugs
wit221 1y ago
Very much needed, love the bike one. Can I download the models?
- victor_24 1y ago
  Yes, not directly on the website but the examples are stored in my public directory here: https://github.com/jurmy24/mechaverse/tree/main/public/usd https://github.com/jurmy24/mechaverse/tree/main/public/usd
nrabault 1y ago
Nicely done!
- victor_24 1y ago
  Thanks ;)
shav7 1y ago
love this!!
- victor_24 1y ago
  Thanks!
rjpro 1y ago
Hi Victor — congrats on the launch. Two quick wins on the hero: 1) Compress to one outcome line (“Render URDF/MJCF/USD robots instantly in your browser”) + a mini proof strip. 2) Make the CTA specific and low-risk (e.g., “Open demo in 1 click — no signup”), with a 3-Q mini-FAQ beside it. I can ship a 12–24h patch with 8–10 concrete fixes and paste-ready copy. €290. If useful, reply “yes” and the primary goal for the page. I can start today. —Rudi
- chfritz 1y ago
  what is this? an AI agent soliciting work on HN?
  - victor_24 1y ago
    yeah idk man he wrote it on my github as well
chfritz 1y ago
This is cool. Any reason you used three.js directly from react instead of react-three?
- victor_24 1y ago
  Thanks, ngl I didn't know much about react-three before and I instead went with what I'm comfortable with. Though another good reason would be that theres a lot of web assembly and stuff going on making it more difficult. For example, I couldn't get the USD and MJCF viewers working natively in React like the URDF viewer so I settled for iframe's with pub/subs for communication. Though if someone knows a better way than I'd love to hear from em haha. Here's the github btw: https://github.com/jurmy24/mechaverse https://github.com/jurmy24/mechaverse
theo_michel_42 1y ago
Damn super cool project! Will be super useful!

10 points by victor_24 1y ago

Vincent2025 1y ago

This is fun :D

victor_24 1y ago
thanks mate! let me know if you find any bugs

wit221 1y ago

Very much needed, love the bike one. Can I download the models?

victor_24 1y ago
Yes, not directly on the website but the examples are stored in my public directory here: https://github.com/jurmy24/mechaverse/tree/main/public/usd https://github.com/jurmy24/mechaverse/tree/main/public/usd

nrabault 1y ago

Nicely done!

victor_24 1y ago
Thanks ;)

shav7 1y ago

love this!!

victor_24 1y ago
Thanks!

rjpro 1y ago

Hi Victor — congrats on the launch. Two quick wins on the hero: 1) Compress to one outcome line (“Render URDF/MJCF/USD robots instantly in your browser”) + a mini proof strip. 2) Make the CTA specific and low-risk (e.g., “Open demo in 1 click — no signup”), with a 3-Q mini-FAQ beside it. I can ship a 12–24h patch with 8–10 concrete fixes and paste-ready copy. €290. If useful, reply “yes” and the primary goal for the page. I can start today. —Rudi

chfritz 1y ago
what is this? an AI agent soliciting work on HN?
- victor_24 1y ago
  yeah idk man he wrote it on my github as well

chfritz 1y ago

This is cool. Any reason you used three.js directly from react instead of react-three?

victor_24 1y ago
Thanks, ngl I didn't know much about react-three before and I instead went with what I'm comfortable with. Though another good reason would be that theres a lot of web assembly and stuff going on making it more difficult. For example, I couldn't get the USD and MJCF viewers working natively in React like the URDF viewer so I settled for iframe's with pub/subs for communication. Though if someone knows a better way than I'd love to hear from em haha. Here's the github btw: https://github.com/jurmy24/mechaverse https://github.com/jurmy24/mechaverse

theo_michel_42 1y ago

Damn super cool project! Will be super useful!