{"id":8684,"date":"2017-07-07T10:57:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T14:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/?p=8684"},"modified":"2017-07-20T14:57:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T18:57:11","slug":"fidget-spinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/2017\/07\/07\/fidget-spinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Fidget Spinner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sean<\/a>‘s pick this week is Fidget Spinner (Simscape Multibody)<\/a> by Pavel Roslovets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It wasn’t even a couple months ago that I first heard of a fidget spinner in this Time Magazine article<\/a>. Within a week, all of the sudden they were everywhere. Well, now they’re in MATLAB too!<\/p>\n

Pavel has used the physical modeling tool Simscape Multibody<\/a> to build a dynamic model of a fidget spinner. He imports the geometry from a CAD model and then wires it up to the appropriate blocks. The entire model is just a few blocks. There’s also a video of how to build up the model voiced over in Russian.<\/p>\n

Let’s see it in action:
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\nhttps:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/pick\/files\/fidgetspinner.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n

Since many of you probably don’t have the required toolboxes to see the model. I’ve gone ahead and exported it to a web view<\/a> using Simulink Report Generator<\/a>. Here’s a link to it: Fidget Spinner Model Web View<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/a><\/h3>\n

Give it a try and let us know what you think here<\/a> or leave a comment<\/a> for Pavel.<\/p>\n