Making Them Move
Mechanics, Control & Animation of Articulated Figures
- 348 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Making Them Move
Mechanics, Control & Animation of Articulated Figures
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Series page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- MAKING THEM MOVE: Mechanics, Control and Animation of Articulated Figures VIDEOTAPE
- Contents
- Part I Interacting With Articulated Figures
- Part II Artificial And Biological Mechanisms For Motor Control
- Part III Motion Control Algorithms
- Part IV Computing The Dynamics Of Motion
- Appendix A Video Notes
- Appendix B About the Authors
- Index