morgan@unix.SRI.COM (Morgan Kaufmann) (11/09/90)
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers announces a new title in its Series in
Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling, edited by Brian A. Barsky
MAKING THEM MOVE
Mechanics, Control and Animation of Articulated Figures
(Book and Video Package)
Edited by
Norman I. Badler (University of Pennsylvania)
Brian A. Barsky (University of California at Berkeley) and
David Zeltzer (Media Lab, MIT)
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" is a unique book/video package that 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. 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. The accompanying video
tape includes selected animation sequences demonstrating these
techniques.
ISBN
Book/Video Package: 1-55860-155-4
Book only: 1-55860-106-6
Tape only: 1-55860-154-6
Book: 348 pages, hardbound
Video: Approx. 1 hour, all formats available
Price (Ordering information follows tables of contents below):
Package: $69.95 (VHS, NTSC OR PAL)
Book only: $46.95
Tape only: $29.95 (VHS, NTSC OR PAL)
Book Table of Contents
PART ONE -- INTERACTING WITH ARTICULATED FIGURES
Chapter 1 Task-level Graphical Simulation: Abstraction,
Representation, and Control
David Zeltzer
Chapter 2 Composition of Realistic Animation Sequences for
Multiple Human Figures
Tom Calvert
Chapter 3 Animation from Instructions
Norman I. Badler, Bonnie L. Webber, Jugal
Kalita, and Jeffrey Esakov
PART TWO -- ARTIFICIAL AND BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS FOR MOTOR CONTROL
ARTIFICIAL MOTOR PROGRAMS
Chapter 4 A Robot that Walks: Emergent Behaviors from a
Carefully Evolved Network
Rodney A. Brooks
BIOLOGICAL MOTOR PROGRAMS
Chapter 5 Sensory Elements in Pattern-Generating Networks
K.G. Pearson
Chapter 6 Motor Programs as Units of Movement Control
Douglas E. Young and Richard A. Schmidt
Chapter 7 Dynamics and Task-specific Coordinations
M.T. Turvey, Elliot Saltzman, and R.C. Schmidt
Chapter 8 Dynamic Pattern Generation and Recognition
J.A.S. Kelso and A.S. Pandya
LEARNING MOTOR PROGRAMS
Chapter 9 A Computer System for Movement Schemas
Peter H. Greene and Dan Solomon
PART THREE -- MOTION CONTROL ALGORITHMS
Chapter 10 Constrained Optimization of Articulated Animal
Movement in Computer Animation
Michael Girard
Chapter 11 Goal-directed Animation of Tubular Articulated
Figures or How Snakes Play Golf
Gavin Miller
Chapter 12 Human Body Deformations Using Joint-dependent Local
Operators and Finite-Element Theory
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann and Daniel Thalmann
PART FOUR -- COMPUTING THE DYNAMICS OF MOTION
Chapter 13 Dynamic Experiences
Jane Wilhelms
Chapter 14 Using Dynamics in Computer Animation: Control and
Solution Issues
Mark Green
Chapter 15 Teleological Modeling
Alan H. Barr
Appendix A: Video Notes
Appendix B: About the Authors
Index
VIDEOTAPE
This videotape contains selected animation sequences illustrating
techniques discussed in the book. The total running time is
approximately one hour. An appendix in the book entitled Video
Notes includes commentary on some of the animations.
Selections:
David Zeltzer and others (MIT Media Lab): The BOLIO Virtual
Environment System.
Norman Badler and others (Univ. of Pennsylvania): Strength-
Guided Motion and Task Animation From Natural Language
Tom Calvert and others (Simon Fraser University): Compose and
Goal-Directed Dynamic Animation of Human Walking
Rodney Brooks and others (MIT): Genghis: A Six-Legged Walking
Robot
Michael Girard and Susan Amkraut (Stichting Computeranimatie):
Eurythmy
Gavin Miller (Apple Computer): How Snakes Play Golf and Her
Majesty's Secret Serpent
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann (University of Geneva) and David
Thalmann (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology): Galaxy
Sweetheart
Jane Wilhelms (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz) and David
Forsey (Univ. of Waterloo): Interactive Dynamics
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