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Technical Papers Preview Video
Character Animation
Saturday, 19 December | 12:45 PM - 3:00 PM | Room 301/302
Session Chair
Theodore Kim
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TOG article 168
Optimizing Walking Controllers
An algorithm for optimizing control parameters for full-body 3D characters that reproduces many elements of natural human walking.
Jack M. Wang David J. Fleet Aaron Hertzmann University of Toronto
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TOG article 169
Compact Character Controllers
Intelligent automatic selection of parametric motion data enables compact and powerful data-driven character controllers that can achieve challenging objectives such as navigating dynamically changing stairs or revolving doors.
Yongjoon Lee Seong Jae Lee Zoran Popovic University of Washington
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TOG article 170
Robust Task-Based Control Policies for Physics-Based Characters
Robust task-based control policies allow physically simulated characters to complete given tasks, such as walking to a target location, while being physically perturbed in significant ways.
Stelian Coros Philippe Beaudoin Michiel van de Panne The University of British Columbia
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TOG article 171
Modeling Spatial and Temporal Variation in Motion Data
Given a few input examples, this system trains a generative model that can synthesize spatial and temporal variants of the inputs.
Manfred Lau Ziv Bar-Joseph James Kuffner Carnegie Mellon University
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TOG article 172
Real-Time Prosody-Driven Synthesis of Body Language
A data-driven method for synthesizing human body-language animations from a live speech signal in real time.
Sergey Levine Christian Theobalt Vladlen Koltun Stanford University