OpenSim (simulation toolkit)

<p>OpenSim is an <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open source</a> software system for <a href="/facts/Biomechanics/H4qnnmu5">biomechanical</a> modeling, <a href="/facts/Simulation/Q4QJV1oI">simulation</a> and analysis. Its purpose is to provide free and widely accessible tools for conducting biomechanics research and motor control science.  OpenSim enables a wide range of studies, including analysis of <a href="/facts/Bipedalism/tvLMG77t">walking dynamics</a>, studies of sports performance, simulations of surgical procedures, analysis of joint loads, design of medical devices, and animation of human and animal movement.  The software performs inverse <a href="/facts/Analytical_dynamics/3yqJfP8l">dynamics</a> analysis and forward dynamics simulations.  OpenSim is used in hundreds of biomechanics laboratories around the world to study movement and has a community of software developers contributing new features.
</p><p>OpenSim is one of the flagship applications from Simbios, a NIH Center for Biomedical Computation at <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a>.  Founded in 2004, Simbios is charged with a mandate to provide leading software and computational tools for physics-based modeling and simulation of biological structures. OpenSim was designed to propel biomechanics research by providing a common framework for investigation and a vehicle for exchanging complex <a href="/facts/Human_musculoskeletal_system/8BNFttqw">musculoskeletal</a> models.
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OpenSim (simulation toolkit)