A generalist policy for muscle-driven control across individual musculoskeletal models
Differences in musculoskeletal morphology challenge policy reuse across individual models. Here we present MyoAcross, a framework that combines individual musculoskeletal model construction, morphology-conditioned policy learning and virtual model augmentation to enable muscle-driven reference-motion tracking without individual fine-tuning. Across 31 held-out individual models, MyoAcross achieves 99.24% completion and reduces tracking error by 22.60% relative to an unconditioned multilayer perceptron. Policy reuse extends to models of 22 held-out individuals constructed from single-image shape estimates, measured height and body mass, and, with asymmetry augmentation, to models with unilateral lower-limb shortening. Comparisons with measurements from 120 additional individuals show agreement in vertical ground reaction force waveforms and channel-dependent agreement between simulated muscle activations and electromyography. These results establish a common control framework for comparative simulations of movement across individual musculoskeletal models.
Authors
- Zhu Yinglei
- Yiheng He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1768-0034)
- Huichan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2640-9528)
- Zhengqing Li
- XinJun Liu
- Zhiyuan Zhang
- Weiming Kang
- Bozhao Wang
- Xiaoqiang Tang
- Senhao Hou
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.36535
- Primary Topic
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Type
- preprint