Arca RAVEN

Autonomous Planetary Rover Training Platform

RAVEN is a high-fidelity simulation and reinforcement learning platform for training autonomous rovers to navigate extraterrestrial and off-road terrain. Built by Arca.

Status

The backend is now wired to default to isaac mode. No machine-specific Isaac Sim path is hardcoded in the repo. Set ISAAC_SIM_PATH at runtime on the machine that is running Isaac Sim.

The current Isaac integration is startup and health-check wiring, not full live telemetry. Until a real Isaac state provider is registered, the app should remain idle instead of showing fake rover data.

Quick Start

Backend

cd bridge
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python server.py

Important:

• Use Python 3.12 for the bridge environment. Python 3.14 currently breaks pydantic-core during install on Windows.
• The bridge defaults to isaac mode.
• Set ISAAC_SIM_PATH on the Windows machine before starting the backend if Isaac Sim is not installed in the default location.
• Use RAVEN_SIM_MODE=mock only if you explicitly want the legacy mock backend.

Frontend

cd app
npm install
npm run tauri dev

Windows Validation

For the Windows machine test flow, see docs/windows-test-flow.md.

Reference

See instructions.md for the full project specification and development roadmap.