A Mathematical Implementation of a “Global Human Walking Model with Real-Time Kinematic Personification” by Boulic, Thalmann and Thalmann
10/07/09
A Mathematical Implementation of a “Global Human Walking Model with Real-Time Kinematic Personification” by Boulic, Thalmann and Thalmann is Dr. Marshall Bradley's, Department of Mathematics, topic at the Computer Science and Industrial Technology Departmental Seminar, Wednesday, October 7, Fayard 207, 12-1 p.m.
Abstract: The human motion algorithms from the paper "A Global Human Walking Model with Real-Time Kinematic Personification” by Boulic, Thalmann and Thalmann have been implemented in the Mathematica-programming language. The algorithms have been modified and extended to enable the motion of a 3-D stick figure. The velocity of 19 body parts (points on the stick figure) are computed as a function of time in the human walk cycle. Model predictions are visually consistent with actual human walking and Doppler acoustic sonar measurements made at the National Center for Physical Acoustics.