Jessica K. Hodgins
Carnegie Mellon University
David Brogan
University of Virginia
Proceedings of Artificial Life IV, 1994.
Abstract
Birds, fish, and many other animals are able to move
gracefully and efficiently as a herd,
flock, or school. We
would like to reproduce this behavior for herds of artificial
creatures with significant dynamics. This paper
develops an algorithm for grouping behaviors and evaluates
the performance of the algorithm on two types
of systems: a full dynamic simulation of a legged robot
that must balance as well as move with the herd and a
point mass with minimal dynamics. Robust control algorithms
for group behaviors of dynamic systems will
allow us to generate realistic motion for animation using
high-level controls, to develop synthetic actors for
use in virtual environments, mobile robotics, and perhaps
to improve our understanding of the behavior of
biological systems.
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