⚙️Backend

How it works internally

Haven: Virtual Robotics Simulations

Haven allows users to create, test, and run robotic simulations entirely in a virtual environment. Using digital twins—virtual replicas of real robots—users can explore robotic behaviors, experiment with tasks, and optimize designs without physical hardware or the associated costs.

How It Works

1. Digital Twins

Each robot in Haven has a digital twin: a precise virtual model with the same size, sensors, movement capabilities, and functional logic as a real-world robot. These digital twins form the core of the simulation environment, allowing users to test complex behaviors safely.

2. Continuous Environment Updates

The system maintains a robot simulation map and game simulation rules. Each robot has a unique ID and configuration, including position, size, speed, battery, and other capabilities. When a new robot draft is created, the system automatically generates a new unique ID and simulation type, ensuring that all robots are tracked consistently.

3. Physics Simulation

The backend simulates physics in real time:

• Movement dynamics (speed, collisions, friction, gravity)

• Robot-object interactions

• Task execution (like picking, placing, scanning, or navigating)

This ensures that virtual robots behave as realistically as possible and that experimental results can inform real-world deployments.

4. Objects & Environment

Robots interact with virtual objects, each with defined properties like position, size, and whether it’s pickable. These objects are assigned unique IDs, allowing the system and users to manipulate them precisely during simulations.

5. Automation & Drafts

Haven supports robot drafts, which are pre-configured virtual robots that users can customize:

• Each draft has a unique system-generated robot ID and simulation type.

• Drafts can be updated dynamically, including modifications to status, commands, and environment interactions.

• Changes are automatically saved in JSON-based configuration files, keeping the system state consistent.

6. Blockchain Integration

To ensure transparency and trust, key simulation events—like task completions or state changes—can be logged on a blockchain. Each event is recorded immutably, allowing verification of robot actions without relying on a central authority. **It's important to note that not everything shown here is present at the time of Haven's launch, albeit a reflection of what's already here plus what's to come.