The simulation of humans and lower animals

Demetri Terzopoulos

doi:10.1117/12.817356

1 April 2009 The simulation of humans and lower animals

Demetri Terzopoulos

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Proceedings Volume 7287, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2009; 728702 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.817356
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

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This paper presents a brief review of our ongoing work on the biomechanical simulation of the human body. Our comprehensive musculoskeletal model, which includes more or less all of the relevant articular bones and muscle actuators, plus soft tissue deformations, raises the challenge of simulating natural body movements by controlling hundreds of contractile muscles. We have begun to confront this problem by developing a trainable neuromuscular controller for the important special case of the neck-head-face complex. Additionally, I briefly review our relevant earlier work on the motor control of anthropomorphically articulated dynamic models, as well as the biomechanical modeling of lower animals such as fish, including motor control algorithms that enable these simulated animals to learn natural, muscle-actuated locomotion.

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Demetri Terzopoulos "The simulation of humans and lower animals", Proc. SPIE 7287, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2009, 728702 (1 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.817356

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Animal model studies

Tissues

Solid modeling

Computer simulations

Device simulation

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