# MuJoCo 3.17 adds bending elasticity modeling and batched parallel simulation for soft bodies

- Source: Guyuehome
- Published: 2026-11-07T17:12:00.000Z
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- Original: https://www.guyuehome.com/detail?id=2118600135073099777

## Summary

MuJoCo 3.17 adds bending elasticity and self-collision for soft bodies, along with a new batched parallel interface. Its discrete bending model deviates from beam theory by 0.7% to 7.4%, self-collision peaks at 50 pairs, and batching delivers a 13.29x speedup with bitwise determinism.