Research Seminar by Dr Taku Komura
University of Edinburgh
- When?
- Wednesday 28 March 2012, 12:00 to 12:00
- Where?
- CVSSP Seminar Room - 40bAB05
- Open to:
- Staff, Students
- Speaker:
- Dr Taku Kamura
Dr Komura will be talking about Controlling objects with many degrees of freedom.
Abstract: Controlling objects which have many degrees of freedom, such as human body models, ropes or cloth, using low dimensional user input signals is a difficult problem. In this talk, Dr Komura will present recent research work to control such models by abstracting their states on a manifold based on the spatial relationship of the models and objects. He will explain that the use of such a manifold can simplify the control, resulting in a robust controller that can adapt to different conditions. Based on this principal, he will present methodologies that have been developed for interpolating postures of close interactions, retargeting close interactions to different body sizes and geometry, and controlling deformable objects such as ropes and cloth. He will also talk about work from his group such as synthesizing large scale scenes in which many characters closely interact with each other and controlling characters intelligently under such conditions such that they achieve their goals in an optimal fashion.