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+FROM ubuntu:latest
+
+# required for tzdata
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# install ubuntu packages
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y \
+install imagemagick python python-pip cython libgmp-dev \
+lrslib git python-tk liblapack-dev freeglut3-dev libxi-dev \
+libxmu-dev doxygen swig python-dev g++ openjdk-11-jdk \
+cmake-curses-gui tzdata nano
+
+# setup timezone
+RUN ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Athens /etc/localtime
+RUN dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata
+
+# setup python dependencies
+RUN pip install scipy numpy sympy pandas seaborn matplotlib \
+pycddlib tqdm pydy jupyter
+
+# install and setup OpenSim
+ADD opensim-core-stable2.tar.xz /root/
+ENV SIMBODY_HOME=/root/opensim-core-stable2/dep/simbody
+ENV Simbody_DIR=$SIMBODY_HOME/lib/cmake/simbody
+ENV PATH=$SIMBODY_HOME/libexec/simbody:$PATH
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SIMBODY_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ENV OPENSIM_HOME=/root/opensim-core-stable2
+ENV OpenSim_DIR=$OPENSIM_HOME/lib/cmake/OpenSim
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OPENSIM_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+RUN cd /root/opensim-core-stable2/lib/python2.7/site-packages \
+&& python setup.py install
+
+# copy demos to default directory
+ADD arm_model.tar.xz /root/
+ADD feasible_joint_reaction_loads.tar.xz /root/
+
+# make port 80 available to the outside
+EXPOSE 80
+
+# setup jupyter (with password 'stanev')
+RUN cd && mkdir .jupyter
+ADD jupyter_notebook_config.json /root/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.json
+CMD cd && jupyter notebook --ip=0.0.0.0 --port=80 --allow-root
+