I am working on calculating the grip or grasp force of the hand over an cylindrical object which resembles a bicycle handle. I would like to simulate this in anybody software and would want the subject to hold an move an object at a specific speed.
I understand how we can move the simulated model through a specific way point at a specific speed.
But, could you let me know how I can model a cylindrical object and measure the grip force of the arm around the object?
I see that there is a bicycle model. Does that model calculate the grip force of the hand around the bicycle handle?
Please let me know.
The current hand model in AMMR do not have muscles attached to the fingers it is primarily a kinematic model. This means it can not be used to correctly predict grasp force.
To make the hand model grip around a cylinder you would need to created contact on between each bone and the surface, and in this way control the grip. Similarly you would need to enable the contact force calculation.
The bicycle model does not calculate the grip force.