.. title:: MultyBody Systems Benchmarks in OpenSim (MBS-BOS) - User Manual


Multi-Body Systems Benchmark in OpenSim (MBS-BOS)
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MBS-BOS
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MBS-BOS package is a set of programs that implement the MultiBody Systems (MBS) Benchmark :cite:`2006:gonzales` using the OpenSim :cite:`2007:opensim` APIs.

The first objective is to assess OpenSim performances in simulating mechanical and robotic devices both in terms of accuracy and solving time.

The second objective is to provide C++ solutions for common problems that can be found in the implementation of simulations of multi-body systems.

If you use MBS-BOS for research work, please cite:

``L. Tagliapietra, M. Vivian, R. Caracciolo, and M. Reggiani. Evaluation of the biomechanical simulator OpenSim on a multi-body system benchmark. In Proceedings of the 2015 ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics, Barcelona, July 2015 (2015)``

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Latest Version
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MBS-BOS is an open project, released under GNU General Public License and hosted in GitHub:

https://github.com/RehabEngGroup/MBSbenchmarksInOpenSim

A PDF version of this documentation can be found also on the SimTK.org page of this project:

https://simtk.org/home/mbs_bos

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Benchmark Problems
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.. toctree::
   /benchmarks/A01_SimplePendulum
   /benchmarks/A02_N_FourBarMechanism
   /benchmarks/A03_AndrewsMechanism
   /benchmarks/A04_BricardsMechanism
   /benchmarks/A05_FlyballGovernor
   zreferences

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Acknowledgements
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MBS Benchmarks in Opensim have been developed by the `Rehabilitation Engineering Group`_, `Dipartimento di Tecnica e Gestione dei Sistemi Industriali`_,
`Universita' degli Studi di Padova`_.

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Luca Tagliapietra, Michele Vivian, Monica Reggiani, and Elena Ceseracciu acknowledge the financial support of the ICT
programme within the Seventh Framework Programme for Research of the
European Commission (`BioMot`_ project, grant number: 611695).


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