OpenSim: Simulating musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to study human and animal movement
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OpenSim enables physically accurate simulation of neuromusculoskeletal systems.
Physics-based models of biological structures can be augmented with models of neuromotor controllers and mechatronic devices to reproduce and explain experimental observations, and to predict novel movements. OpenSim natively supports a wide variety of components, including those for modeling the skeleton as rigid bodies connected by joints, ligaments and other passive structures, muscles and motors, tracking and reflex-based controllers, external forces from the environment, and assistive devices composed of rigid bodies, joints, springs, and actuators. We have added new components to OpenSim (indicated with “†”) and enhanced many existing components (indicated with “*”). OpenSim’s collaborative, open-source development philosophy allows users to create, extend, and share new component models to accelerate their research.