<s>
AnimatLab	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
neuromechanical	O
simulation	O
tool	O
that	O
allows	O
authors	O
to	O
easily	O
build	O
and	O
test	O
biomechanical	O
models	O
and	O
the	O
neural	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
that	O
control	O
them	O
to	O
produce	O
behaviors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
construct	O
neural	O
models	O
of	O
varied	O
level	O
of	O
detail	O
,	O
3D	O
mechanical	O
models	O
of	O
triangle	B-Algorithm
meshes	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
use	O
muscles	O
,	O
motors	O
,	O
receptive	O
fields	O
,	O
stretch	O
sensors	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
transducers	O
to	O
interface	O
the	O
two	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
producing	O
biologically	O
realistic	O
models	O
of	O
the	O
neural	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
that	O
control	O
behavior	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
simulating	O
the	O
physics	O
that	O
controls	O
the	O
environment	O
in	O
which	O
an	O
animal	O
is	O
situated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AnimatLab	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
develop	O
models	O
of	O
varied	O
levels	O
of	O
detail	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
types	O
of	O
models	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Body	O
segments	O
are	O
modeled	O
as	O
rigid	O
bodies	O
drawn	O
as	O
triangle	B-Algorithm
meshes	I-Algorithm
with	O
uniform	O
mass	O
density	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
or	O
imported	O
from	O
third-party	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Maya	B-Language
or	O
Blender	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
current	B-Application
and	I-Application
voltage	I-Application
clamps	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
velocity	O
clamps	O
for	O
joints	O
between	O
rigid	O
bodies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
of	O
these	O
can	O
be	O
output	O
as	O
comma	O
separated	O
values	O
files	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
use	O
other	O
software	O
such	O
as	O
Matlab	B-Language
or	O
Excel	B-Application
for	O
quantitative	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
academic	O
projects	O
have	O
used	O
AnimatLab	B-Application
to	O
build	O
neuromechanical	O
models	O
and	O
explore	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
