Can cosserat rods be used for simulating robot cable?

[DebbieDebbieli]

Hi,
Recently, I am working on simulating the cable dressed up on robot arms. The cable moves following with the robot and may be twisted.
At the beginning I try the spring-mass system to model the cable. The result is unsatisfied. Are cosserat rods adept on this?

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl8ygt8qRtU)

[armantekinalp]

Hi @DebbieDebbieli

Yes you can use PyElastica to simulate cables. PyElastica is a Cosserat Rod solver and it captures all 6 modes of deformation bending (2 direction), shear (2 direction), twist and stretch.