How to set range of motion of revolute joint in Matlab2017b simscape?

Answer 1

[Steve Miller]

The ability to limit the range of a joint was added to the joint blocks in release R2019a.

Prior to R2019a, you need to:

1. Sense the position and velocity of the joint
2. Use Physical Signal blocks to calculate the force/torque that will resist the joint's motion if it leaves the range (something like a deadzone block)
3. Apply the force/torque as an input to the joint

There are examples here for releases going back to R2015a

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/37636-simscape-multibody-multiphysics-library

--Steve