Defining a Simulation

Here, we explain how to simulate a dynamical system i.e., a Mechanism forward in time. The example that we are trying to replicate the Dzhanibekov effect shown below.

# ### Setup
using Dojo
using DojoEnvironments

# ### Get mechanism (check DojoEnvironment/mechanisms files for kwargs)
mechanism = get_mechanism(:dzhanibekov; timestep=0.01, gravity=0) 

# ### Initialize mechanism (check DojoEnvironment/mechanisms files for kwargs)
initialize!(mechanism, :dzhanibekov; angular_velocity=[15.0; 0.01; 0.0])

# ### Simulate mechanism
storage = simulate!(mechanism, 5, record=true)
    
# ### Visualize mechanism
vis = visualize(mechanism, storage)
render(vis)

And voila! You should see something like this;