Examples

Note: MGView works in Chrome and Firefox only. Sorry, Safari and IE are not supported.

Examples from MotionGenesis (courtesy Paul Mitiguy)

• Classic Particle Pendulum
• 'Babyboot' Pendulum
  • Stable Initial Conditions
  • Chaotic Initial Conditions
• Fourbar Linkage
  • Correct initial conditions
  • Bad initial conditions
  • Bad Initial Conditions Corrected with Constraint Stabilization
• Robot Arm Positioning a Heavy Ball
  • Circular Motion - Step Response
  • Circular Motion - Linear Trajectory
  • Circular Motion - Smooth Trajectory
  • Elbow Flexing - Step Response
  • Elbow Flexing - Smooth Trajectory
• Tricycle Dynamics
  • Rolling backwards
• Aircraft Trifilar Pendulum
  • Correct initial conditions
  • Wrong initial conditions
  • Wrong initial conditions with constrain stabilization

Mesh Loading (for models from a CAD program)

• Wooden Haptic Device - This example loads .obj files. Wooden haptic device designed by Jonas Forsslund.
• Particle with Spring-Damper in Spinning Disk - This example loads a .STL file, which is the export format from Solidworks.

Examples provided Courtesy of ME331b MIPSI Project Teams

• Spiraling Up - A ball rolling inside a spherical tube. Courtesy of Ying Zhao and Sammy Shad.
• Spinning Book -- 3D Orientation of a Rigid Body with Viscous Damping, courtesy of John Alabi.
  • In vacuum (no damping)
  • In air (viscous damping)

Remote Center of Motion Robot (example courtesy of Fidel Hernandez)

• Homegeneous Response
• Tracing a circle - 10cm depth
• Tracing a circle - 20cm depth
• Palpating