I thought the design of the Wendelstein was actually to be able to control the plasma more completely by leveraging modern computing. Its design allows for a lo

I thought the design of the Wendelstein was actually to be able to control the plasma more completely by leveraging modern computing. Its design allows for a lot more input than a simple Tokamak would. But I only have a very superficial understanding of this. I don't understand why you're saying the Wendelstein follows the path of the plasma, it's not like plasma has a shape it wants to be in, you just sort of push it the way you want it to go, and wherever it goes you try and push it the other way again, to make it go in a circle. What other shape than the Stellerator would someone choose if they wanted to use even more fine control over the plasma?