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Modeling Physical Capabilities of Humanoid Agents Using Motion Capture Data
New York City, New York, USA July 19-July 23
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Gita Sukthankar, Carnegie Mellon University
Michael Mandel, Carnegie Mellon University
Katia Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University
Jessica Hodgins, Carnegie Mellon University
In this paper we demonstrate a method for fine-grained modeling of a synthetic agent?s physical capabilities — running, jumping, sneaking, and other modes of movement. Using motion capture data acquired from human subjects, we extract a motion graph and construct a cost map for the space of agent actions. We show how a planner can incorporate this cost model into the planning process to select between equivalent goal-achieving plans. We explore the utility of our model in three different capacities: 1) modeling other agents in the environment; 2) representing heterogeneous agents with different physical capabilities; 3) modeling agent physical states (e.g., wounded or tired agents). This technique can be incorporated into applications where human-like, high-fidelity physical models are important to the agents? reasoning process, such as virtual training environments.
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Gita Sukthankar, Michael Mandel, Katia Sycara, Jessica Hodgins, "Modeling Physical Capabilities of Humanoid Agents Using Motion Capture Data," aamas, vol. 1, pp.344-351, Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Volume 1 (AAMAS'04), 2004
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