{"id":18812,"date":"2026-08-06T15:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/?p=18812"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:53:14","slug":"building-and-controlling-a-gantry-crane-with-simulink-simscape-multibody-and-codex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/2026\/08\/06\/building-and-controlling-a-gantry-crane-with-simulink-simscape-multibody-and-codex\/","title":{"rendered":"Building and Controlling a Gantry Crane with Simulink, Simscape Multibody, and Codex"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few days ago, my colleague Ned Gulley published this blog post: <\/span>Simulate in MATLAB, Animate in Blender<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>
Ned simulated a sliding gantry crane supporting a heavy swinging load and then controlled it to swing the load above a wall. Here is what the final result looks like:<\/span><\/div>
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In his post, Ned did not include the code, but he mentions that he implemented the simulation and animation workflow in MATLAB. My first reaction was:<\/span><\/div>
Why implement that in MATLAB when we have Simscape Multibody?<\/span><\/div>
I launched <\/span>Codex<\/span><\/a>, connected it to MATLAB through the <\/span>Simulink Agentic Toolkit<\/span><\/a> and asked it to review Ned's post and implement something similar, but using Simulink and Simscape Multibody.<\/span><\/div>
I will use this story to highlight:<\/span><\/div>