Robots' simulators

Three simulators seem interesting:

• Gazebo The most used in research but heavy and a bit complex to use
• V-Rep It seems the best, GNU GPL but not for the plugins, without open source community
• MORSE French (LAAS) seems interesting but in standby

Bibliography

• Tools for dynamics simulation of robots: a survey based on user feedback
• Gazebo VS V-Rep
• Summary of the different simulators (wikipedia)