Making Them Move: Mechanics, Control & Animation of Articulated Figures / Edition 1

by Norman Badler, Brian Barsky, David Zeltzer

Overview

Current computer graphics hardware and software make it possible to synthesize near photo-realistic images, but the simulation of natural-looking motion of articulated figures remains a difficult
and challenging task. Skillfully rendered animation of humans, animals, and robots can delight and move us, but simulating their realistic motion holds great promise for many other applications as well, including ergonomic engineering design, clinical diagnosis of pathological movements, rehabilitation therapy, and biomechanics.

Making Them Move presents the work of leading researchers in computer graphics, psychology, robotics and mechanical engineering who were invited to attend the Workshop on the Mechanics, Control and Animation of Articulated
Figures held at the MIT Media Lab in April 1989. The book explores biological and robotic motor control, as well as state-of-the-art computer
graphics techniques for simulating human and animal figures in a natural and physically realistic manner.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558601062
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/1990
Series:	Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics Series
Pages:	362
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Norman Badler, Brian Barsky, David Zeltzer

Table of Contents

PART ONE — INTERACTING WITH ARTICULATED FIGURES PART TWO — ARTIFICIAL AND BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS FOR MOTOR CONTROL PART THREE — MOTION CONTROL ALGORITHMS PART FOUR — COMPUTING THE DYNAMICS OF MOTION