Modern mechanical engineering frequently employs hydraulic systems as a means of powering actuators and control systems for improving the overall system response or defining safety margins. On a modern car for example, such systems are used for, Driver Stability Control (DSC), Active Braking System (ABS), Active Roll Control (ARC), Engine Idle Speed Control ISC), to name but a few.

Simulation of control and hydraulics systems can be performed using the software packages ADAMS/Hydraulics, SIMPACK or MATLAB. It is also possible to integrate the control or hydraulic system design in MATLAB, with the MSS model. This process is known as cosimulation where the motion responses from the MSS model are continuously fed into the MATLAB control system, whereby the required control signal is then generated and fed back to the actuators in the MSS model.