Musculoskeletal Modeling
We use musculoskeletal models to analyze and create human motion. These physical models combine multi-body dynamics, muscle activation dynamics and ground contact equations. We formulate the model dynamics implicitly to obtain efficient simulations:
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\mathbf{f}(\mathbf{x}(t), \mathbf{\dot{x}}(t), \mathbf{u}(t)) = \mathbf{0}<br />
The musculoskeletal models are adapted based on the research question. These are our default models in 2D and 3D:
![2D Musculoskeletal Model](https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2020/02/Musc_Model_2D.png)
![3D Musculoskeletal Model](https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2020/02/Musc_Model_3D.png)