Techniques for Generating the Goal-Directed Motion of Articulated Structures
IEEE Computer Graphics and ApplicationsPublished 1 November 1982
Korein, Badler
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Analytic and numerical computations used in robotics research provide tools for automated computer animation of the human figure.
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Analytic and numerical computations used in robotics research provide tools for automated computer animation of the human figure.
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