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AnimatLab
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<p>AnimatLab is an <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> neuromechanical simulation tool that allows authors to easily build and test <a href="/facts/Biomechanical_engineering/plgrsVWz">biomechanical models</a> and the <a href="/facts/Neural_networks/DDhJTfMc">neural networks</a> that control them to produce behaviors. Users can construct neural models of varied level of details, 3D mechanical models of triangle meshes, and use muscles, motors, receptive fields, stretch sensors and other transducers to interface the two systems. Experiments can be run in which various stimuli are applied and data is recorded, making it a useful tool for <a href="/facts/Computational_neuroscience/eclSYyJK">computational neuroscience</a>. The software can also be used to model biomimetic robotic systems. </p>