jonathansterry/coupling-torque-mpc

This project is a 8+ year old research artifact for a specific, niche hardware platform ('King Louie'). With only 4 stars and no forks, it lacks any community momentum or production-grade utility. The defensibility is near zero because it is a specific implementation of standard control theory (MPC) applied to a proprietary or non-standard hardware setup. While the coupling-torque logic might have academic value, modern approaches in soft robotics have moved toward reinforcement learning (RL) or more advanced differentiable simulators. Frontier labs (OpenAI, DeepMind) are focused on general-purpose robot transformers rather than specific pneumatic controllers. This repository serves as a historical reference for soft robotics researchers rather than a viable software product or library.