[moco-announce] Ross Miller shares walking simulations using Moco

[Christopher L. Dembia]

Ross Miller has created a SimTK project to share his work using Moco: https://simtk.org/projects/umocod. If you’re hoping to get a jump start with Moco, I encourage you to visit his project.

We love when users share their progress with the Moco team and make their work available. Thank you, Ross!

Here is a description of the project by Ross Miller:

The model is designed for optimal control simulations of general musculoskeletal motion and walking specifically. The main differences from Moco’s 2D walking example include tendon compliance in all muscles, a two-segment foot, a patella with kinematic constraints, tracking of human experimental kinematic and ground reaction force data, and simulation of a full stride. A solution to a MocoTrack problem with the model is included and would serve as a good initial guess to predictive simulations. The long-term goal of the project is predictive simulations of muscle strengthening and prosthesis parameter optimization after lower limb loss. The project is a collaboration with Dr. Elizabeth Russell Esposito at the Seattle VA and is funded by the Army Advanced medical Technology Initiative and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation.