I’m still writing this up, but I wanted to share a short video of our recent work modeling suction cups using FEBio, an open-source finite element modeling tool. Check out this biomimetic cuttlefish suction cup:
Category: Coding
Using deep reinforcement learning to model storm petrel behaviors
Storm petrels are crazy little oceanic birds that often “hop” on the water’s surface. Nobody knows why. It’s a difficult thing to study–the birds are doing this behavior in the middle of the ocean. Do they perform this behavior to save energy via weight support? Do they use their feet as an “anchor” in high wind? We wanted to know […]
How to install Ubuntu Linux and run Jupyter Notebook on Windows 11 (with CUDA!)
Dual-booting Windows 10/11 and Ubuntu is still the preferred method for power users, but for regular folk like me I think using the new WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is totally serviceable. It makes it so much easier to multi-task since you can operate within both ecosystems at the same time. I tried a number of different methods to get […]