Installation Of Sorotoki

[gugulothus41]

Dear Sir,
I curious to learn Soft robotics and its mechanisms, it great herd that Sorokati is one of the best platform.
I am getting installation problem, where can i get these, do i need to add-on in existing Matlab.
Can you briefly explain to installation.

[BJCaasenbrood]

Dear @gugulothus41,

Happy to hear your are taking an interest in SOROTOKI. I wouldn't say SOROTOKI is the best platform, I think SoroSim, PyElastica, and SOFA easily outperform my toolkit, but I take the compliment haha 😉.

There is two ways of installing SOROTOKI, via mpm (preferred method) and unzipping the toolkit, and loading the path using addpath. The first method is a lot easier, and the second method I only recommend to more experienced users of matlab.

For your information, there is an installation guide provided here: https://bjcaasenbrood.github.io/SorotokiCode/install/

To summarize, you need to following:

1. Install the Matlab Package Manager (MPM) via the Matlab Add-On Mananger . You can also find the package here at the MATLAB file exchange: https://nl.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/54548-mobeets-mpm.
2. Install SOROTOKI via mpm

mpm install sorotokicode 

3. Navigate to where SOROTOKI is installed, typically under ./MATLAB Add-Ons/Collections/mpm/mobeets-mpm-c626429/mpm-packages/SorotokiCode
4. Call the installer. The installer will also check for any missing packages, download these automatically, and adds them to the folder mpm-packages. Note though, you require some MATLAB toolboxes, like the Partial Differential Equation (PDE) and Coder toolbox.

sorotoki install

5. Call the c++ mex builder:

sorotoki build

6. (Optional) Check if the toolkit is installed correctly using the testsuite:

sorotoki test

[gugulothus41]

So, far i don't know which path i added, but i achieved till here, when i am performing backbone_test example..its giving following error.

How can i execute examples Now?

[BJCaasenbrood]

Did you call sorotoki build? Otherwise the .mex files are not generated...

[BJCaasenbrood]

I've updated the README.md to make this installation process a bit more clear. Sorry for all the confusion :)

[BJCaasenbrood]

@gugulothus41 I've made a video explaining the installation of Sorotoki. You can check it here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/uwxvwHAUrtQ?si=1s2J80y5O_cwC76s

[Ouwen1979]

com./sorotokimodel/mex/forwardkin build: ..... Failed ✗

[Ouwen1979]

./sorotokimodel/mex/forwardkin build: ...Index expression out of bounds. Attempted to access element 4. The valid range is 1-3.

[BJCaasenbrood]

@Ouwen1979 Where is your SorotokiCode folder located? It has to be under Documents/MATLAB/mpi-packages/sorotokicode

[BJCaasenbrood]

Also, I am currently in the process of making a number of Youtube videos explaining how to install and use the toolkit. I'll keep you informed if these will be released.

[gugulothus41]

Great to hear sir, Basically i am working in Lattice meta-material, where effective properties are estimated only by rigid materials, i am thinking to extent the same idea by Soft materials, So i need brief insight in-terms of modelling and 3D printing with a particular variable density and Young's modulus, Could i achieve these and analyze. I hope this points are also taken into consideration while making you-tube videos. Thank you.

[BJCaasenbrood]

In general, Sorotoki is suited for these problems, yes. However, note that metamaterials may have sharp transitions in their dynamics, for example, buckling. Since Sorotoki explores an adaptive Newton-Rhapson scheme, these sharp transitions may lead to instability when solving. Also, lattice materials may require a high resolution mesh, using a MATLAB solver for such requirements is really recommended... For many scenarios, Sorotoki is better suited for 2D FEM problems; 3D problems are possible but may take hours to simulate...

[Ouwen1979]

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[BJCaasenbrood]

@Ouwen1979 I don't understand...

[Ouwen1979]

it is ok.Thank you

[Ouwen1979]

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