Offroad Vehicles

2. Create Photorealistic Scenario Simulations

Simulate and visualize your vehicle models, such as an excavator, in the photorealistic 3D environment from Unreal Engine^®. Use this scenario simulation to visualize vehicle movement and generate synthetic sensor data for autonomous algorithm development. By running scenario simulation in parallel with dynamic simulation in Simulink, you can validate the performance of your algorithms in perception, motion planning, and motor control.

Section 1: Three ways to perform 3D scenario simulation with Simulink and Unreal Engine

Illustration shows three different ways to perform 3D scenario simulation with Simulink and Unreal Engine.

Resources

Autonomous Excavator – GitHub
Explore 3D scenario simulations of excavators in Unreal Engine and Simulink. Use a prebuilt Unreal Engine executable without the need to Install Unreal Engine Editor.
Using Unreal Engine with Simulink – Video Series
Visualize with Cesium – Documentation
Convert 3D map and terrain data of a location into a scenario.
Unreal Engine Simulation Environment Requirements and Limitations – Documentation
Each version of MATLAB supports a specific version of Unreal Engine. MATLAB 2024a supports Unreal Engine Version 5.1.