PROCEDURAL ANIMATION ENGINE AND EDITOR FOR SAMPLE-BASED DESIGN OF STYLIZED WALKING GAITS FOR BIPEDAL ROBOTS

Abstract: a system for providing a motion for a robotic device includes: a memory storing: a plurality of animation styles, and a sample motion for the robotic device. the sample motion complies with kinematic and dynamic constraints associated with the robotic device. the system includes a processing element in communication with the memory; an animation engine executed by the processing element. the animation engine receives: a target kinematic state of at least a portion of the robotic device, a selection of at least one of the plurality of animation styles, and a real or simulated state of the robotic device. the animation engine generates at least one actuator command configured to modify the sample motion based on the target kinematic state, the selected at least one of the plurality of animation styles, and the real or simulated state of the robotic device.

Inventor(s): Michael Anthony Hopkins, Kyle Michael Cesare, Georg Wiedebach, Jared Edward Bishop

CPC Classification: G06T13/40 (of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings)

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