Highlights from the OpenSim+ Advanced User Workshop
Our recent, three-day in-person OpenSim+ workshop at Stanford University guided 42 researchers in using not just our OpenSim software
tool, but also our other software, including OpenSim
Moco, OpenSense, AddBiomechanics,
and OpenCap.
Workshop participants were paired with mentors from our team to advance the goals of their research projects. Projects included predicting outcomes of orthopedic surgeries, simulating musculoskeletal dynamics of the spine, and injury prevention and rehabilitation. See
project highlights
AddBiomechanics: New Features, Improved Workflow, and the Large-Scale Dynamics Dataset
AddBiomechanics is
a freely available cloud service, supported by the Restore
Center, Mobilize
Center, and the Wu
Tsai Human Performance Alliance, to automatically process experimental motion capture data. We have released a new version with several features, bug fixes, and workflow improvements over the past year, including integration with OpenSim Moco to
create muscle-driven simulations.
We have also released the AddBiomechanics
Dataset 1.0, which contains kinematics and dynamics information for over 24 million frames from 70+ hours of motion for 273 participants. This dataset is the largest freely available dynamics dataset for the rehabilitation research community. Process
data with AddBiomechanics | AddBiomechanics
Dataset
Join an OpenCap and AddBiomechanics Workshop at RehabWeek 2025
May 12-16, 2025, Chicago, IL, USA
The Restore and Mobilize Centers
are running a workshop at RehabWeek, "OpenCap and AddBiomechanics: Tools for Large-Scale Biomechanics Studies.” Join the workshop to learn how these tools enable rapid, accessible movement analysis—from measuring 3D human motion using smartphone videos with OpenCap to
automating motion capture data processing with AddBiomechanics.
Through demos and hands-on tutorials, our team will demonstrate how these tools accelerate both lab-based and out-of-lab studies of hundreds of participants for movement screening, injury prevention, and monitoring rehabilitation. Learn
more | Register
for the conference
Co-Design Workshop at Stanford University Fosters Innovation in Assistive Technology
A recent workshop, hosted by members of the Restore
Center, Mobilize
Center, and the Wu
Tsai Human Performance Alliance, brought together individuals with mobility challenges, caregivers, clinicians, researchers, and developers to bridge the gap in assistive technology design. The event provided a unique platform for dialogue and hands-on
problem-solving, connecting across perspectives and disciplines and reinforcing the value of inclusive design in assistive technology development. Learn
more
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OpenSim is supported by the Mobilize
Center, an NIH Biomedical Technology Resource Center (grant P41 EB027060); the Restore
Center, an NIH-funded Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource Network Center (grant P2C HD101913); and the Wu
Tsai Human Performance Alliance through
the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation.
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