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MotionGenesis™ Kane
MotionGenesis basic input/output
2-minute Get-Started exercises
• Download and install
• Basic input/output
• Sample Mathematics
• Vectors and vector commands
• Matrices and matrix commands
• Solve linear equations
• Solve nonlinear equations
• Solve ODEs (differential equations)
Additional exercises
• Unit conversions and defaults
• Plotting data and functions
Sample Problems
1D motion
MotionGenesis Sky Diver Parachute
Projectiles (4) - with air-resistance
MotionGenesis: Projectile motion with air-resistance and event handling
Single pendulum (10)
MotionGenesis Helicopter Retrieval (pendulum with time-dependent length)
Double (3)
MotionGenesis Babyboot schematic
Air/spacecraft spin stability
MotionGenesis Spin stability
Angular momentum and gyros (4)
MotionGenesis Ice skater (angular momentum) MotionGenesis Gyro with precession, nutation, and spin
Stick/slip (2)
StickSlipBPiqselsComCC0Cropped.jpg
2D/3D Geometry (16)
MGMicrophoneOnThreeCablesDistanceNoToQ.jpg
Linkages/mechanisms
OilPumpJackByAlegri4FreePhotoPublicDomainBEdited.jpg
Rolling disks, ...
MotionGenesis Rolling disk dynamics
Unicycle
MotionGenesis Bear on unicycle rolling on a high wire
One-wheel trailer
MotionGenesis Single wheel trailer
Rattleback (Dynamic Celt)
MotionGenesis Rattleback Dynamic Celt Wobblestone
Statics (5)
MotionGenesis: Bureau (chest of drawers) on inclined plane
Simple control
MotionGenesis: Rocket sled feed forward control
Vehicle skid
MotionGenesis Vehicle Skid
Tricycle stability/control
MotionGenesis Tricycle (Vehicle statics/dynamics)
Hexapod
MotionGenesis Hexapod (Stewart Platform) Schematic
Robotics (4)
MGSatelliteTrackerCourtesyDougSchwandtA.jpg
Suspension bridge
MotionGenesis: Suspension bridge statics
Biomechanics
MotionGenesis: Biomechanics curling
DC motor (resistance & inductance)
MotionGenesis DC Motor with resistance and inductance
Mass/inertia
MotionGenesis Three plate mass and inertia properties
Dynamics for cruise control
MotionGenesis: Dynamics for controls