Modeling fingers with tendons

Discussion in 'Modeling' started by caza, Oct 31, 2018.

  1. I'm trying to model a finger, and I want the extensor to be essentially a spring connected across the back of the finger (no external actuation), and the flexor to be a tendon that I can pull on. I've ended up with what seem like reasonable data structures using spatial tendons, but the action shows a lot of lag. Before I spend a lot of time fooling with the parameters, I want to ask - are these the structures that I should be using, or should I use a different model?

    <tendon>
    <spatial name="FLEX" width="0.0005">
    <site site= "FLEX_ORIGIN" />
    <site site="FLEX_PRO_IN" />
    <site site="FLEX_PRO_OUT" />
    <site site="FLEX_MED_IN" />
    <site site="FLEX_MED_OUT" />
    <site site="FLEX_INSERTION" />
    </spatial>
    <spatial name="EXTENSOR" width="0.0005" stiffness="10000">
    <site site= "EXTENSOR_ORIGIN" />
    <site site="EXTENSOR_PRO_IN" />
    <site site="EXTENSOR_PRO_OUT" />
    <site site="EXTENSOR_MED_IN" />
    <site site="EXTENSOR_MED_OUT" />
    <site site="EXTENSOR_INSERTION" />
    </spatial>
    </tendon>
    <actuator>
    <position ctrlrange="-10.0 10.0" name="FLEX_driver" tendon="FLEX" />
    </actuator>