Welcome to the main resource page for BIOE/ME 485: Modeling and Simulation of Human Movement. This course was taught by Prof. Scott Delp at Stanford University in the Spring, 2013 quarter. Variations of this course have been offered by instructors elsewhere:
- B.J. Fregly at University of Florida (course webpage)
- Rick Neptune at The University of Texas at Austin
- Jeff Reinbolt at The University of Tennessee (course webpage)
- Darryl Thelen at University of Wisconsin–Madison
Student Project Pages
- Sky Higher: Dynamic Optimization of Maximum Jump Height
- Flippin' Felines: Controlling a Cat Model to Land on its Feet
- Modeling, Evaluation, and Control Optimization of Exosuit with OpenSim
- Design of a Fatigable Muscle
- How Robust is Human Gait to Shortened Calf Muscles?
- Interactive Operational-Space Controller for OpenSim
- Controller for Maintaining Balance
- Fatigable Runner
Assignments
OpenSim Tutorials
- Tutorial 1 - Intro to Musculoskeletal Modeling
- Tutorial 2 - Simulation and Analysis of a Tendon Transfer Surgery
- Tutorial 3 - Scaling, Inverse Kinematics, and Inverse Dynamics
Drop Landing Exercise
Labs
- The Strength of Simulation: Estimating Leg Muscle Forces in Stance and Swing
- Sky High: Coordinating Muscles for Optimal Jump Performance
- Pulling Out the Stops: Designing a Muscle for a Tug-of-War Competition
- Please submit the following files to Matt DeMers by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday 4/24 for the competition in class:
- Your controls file renamed to <SUNetID>_controls.xml
- Your single muscle model file renamed to <SUNetID>.osim where your muscle design is named LeftMuscle
- Please submit the following files to Matt DeMers by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday 4/24 for the competition in class:
- Depreciated_CPP_From the Ground Up: Building a Passive Dynamic Walker Model
- Please submit the following files to your CourseWork DropBox by 11:59 p.m. on 5/2:
- Your final C++ file renamed to <LastName>_BuildModel.cpp
- Your final model file renamed to <LastName>_model.osim
- Please submit the following files to your CourseWork DropBox by 11:59 p.m. on 5/2:
Project Resources
Documentation
- OpenSim 3.0 Documentation (doxygen)
- OpenSim 3.1 beta Documentation (doxygen)
- Simbody API Reference Documentation (doxygen)
Examples
Deliverables
- Tips for creating Confluence pages
- Embed YouTube videos into your Confluence page using the Widget Connector macro
- Tips for creating videos
- Free software for creating a video from a sequence of pngs
- How to set up a project page on simtk.org
