Dynamic Robot Simulator?

Unity Engine
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Hello My name is Caleb and I am new to unity.

So basically, I am trying to create a simulator where I can test micron scale robots. I want to be able to model 3D objects, and to apply charges to the faces of these objects and examine what happens when the simulation is set in motion.

I want a simulator that has all of the forces of nature present, such as electrostatics, magnetism, and gravity, a real time simulator that will test the movement of robots at the micron scale.

I want to use the Unity platform to help build my simulator,

However… I have no idea where to start. I don’t even know what type of questions to ask so I thought I would try here. Is there anything else like this out there? What would I even do to begin a project like this? What resources are available? I am sorry if this is too vague. I am new to this.

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Hello.

You should start from these official tutorials. They are well made.

https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials
Seems like you are going to work with physics, so start from first “Roll a ball” tutorial.

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Unitys built in physics solution is PhysX, which does not include most of the things you mention. You would need to provide your own calculations and apply the results to the model.

You can always build drivers with something like matlab or mathworks, then pipe it to unity.

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