Dimension Reduction for Character Animation

Introduction

Please see the thesis page for details.

Videos

Walking: original (left), extracted modes (right)
Breakdance: original (left), extracted modes (right)
Inverse kinematics and pose DOFs: 40 DOFs (left), 12 DOFs (right)
IK tracking with 3 end-effector constraints: Center of Mass + feet (left); CoM trajectory edition (right). The arm motion is correlated with the feet's.
Linear (orange) and Angular (blue) momentum plots using an Euclidean integrator (left) and an Lie group integrator (right)
Character falling down an inclined plane, comparison between an Euclidean integrator (left) and a Lie group integrator (right)
Reduced dimension character control: with external forces (left) and without (right).
Articulation limits: without (left) and with (right)