Description:
The dynamic model of a skydiver is highly non-linear and has multiple control variables: joints rotational degrees-of-freedom, muscle forces applied via different limbs, and muscle stiffness. The skydiver's body in free-fall can be in many different unsymmetrical postures in dynamic equilibrium. Therefore, it is important to find an efficient numerical/analytical way to compute fixed points of the skydiver model. Additionally, for each equilibrium point it is required to compute numerically or analytically the system Jacobian. This project can be continued to master's research, focusing on bifurcation analysis of this system.
