Is my model good enough? Best practices for verification and validation of musculoskeletal models and simulations of movement

JL Hicks, TK Uchida, A Seth… - Journal of …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Computational modeling and simulation of neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) systems enables
researchers and clinicians to study the complex dynamics underlying human and animal …

Motion capture-driven simulations that hit and react

VB Zordan, JK Hodgins - Proceedings of the 2002 ACM SIGGRAPH …, 2002 - dl.acm.org
Controllable, reactive human motion is essential in many video games and training
environments. Characters in these applications often perform tasks based on modified …

User friendly Matlab-toolbox for symbolic robot dynamic modeling used for control design

E Dean-Leon, S Nair, A Knoll - 2012 IEEE International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper a new Robot Modeling/Simulation Toolbox for Matlab is presented. The primary
purpose of this toolbox is to generate all the common equations required for robot control …

Muscle‐based control for character animation

AL Cruz Ruiz, C Pontonnier, N Pronost… - Computer Graphics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Muscle‐based control is transforming the field of physics‐based character animation
through the integration of knowledge from neuroscience, biomechanics and robotics, which …

Combining active and passive simulations for secondary motion

JF O'Brien, VB Zordan… - IEEE Computer Graphics …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Describes how to generate secondary motion by coupling physically based simulations of
passive objects to actively controlled characters. Our approach of using coupled simulations …

Modeling the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit: physiological implications for extravehicular activity (EVA)

DJ Newman, PB Schmidt, DB Rahn - 2000 - sae.org
Extravehicular activity (EVA) is investigated through experiments testing an actual
extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) performing several EVA tasks in the laboratory, and a …

Dynamics simulation and controller interfacing for legged robots

JA Reichler, F Delcomyn - The International Journal of …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Dynamics simulation can play a critical role in the engineering of robotic control code, and
there exist a variety of strategies both for building physical models and for interacting with …

Modeling the structural dynamics of the Lagerwey LW-50/750 wind turbine

DP Molenaarx, S Dijkstra - Wind Engineering, 1998 - JSTOR
For successful large scale application of wind energy the price of electricity generated by
wind turbines should decrease. Model based control can be important since it has the …

Highly precise dynamic simulation environment for humanoid robots

JG Hale, B Hohl, SH Hyon, T Matsubara… - Advanced …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we present a simulation environment for humanoid robots with a precise and
efficient method of handling ground contact, and experiments empirically validating the …

Modeling the structural dynamics of flexible wind turbines

DP Molenaar, S Dijkstra - 1999 European Wind Energy …, 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
For successful large scale application of wind energy the price of electricity generated by
wind turbines should decrease. Model based control can be important since it has the …