You know, I find myself thinking the same thing sometimes. And the closest I can think of would be some mapping of force transmitted through linkages on to curr

You know, I find myself thinking the same thing sometimes. And the closest I can think of would be some mapping of force transmitted through linkages on to current transmitted through wires and from there its the same formalism as electronic circuits. Though the usefulness of the abstracted form really depends on what you're trying to compute.