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Procedural model of horse simulation

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Zeeshan Bhatti,

Asadullah Shah,

Farruh ShahidiAuthors Info & Claims

VRCAI '13: Proceedings of the 12th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry

Pages 139 - 146

https://doi.org/10.1145/2534329.2534364

Published: 17 November 2013 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, a procedural model has been developed for synthesizing cyclic horse motion through trigonometric functions. The system has been developed and implemented using mathematical model derived from trigonometric cyclic equations, along with forward and inverse kinematics to produce absolute gait control over the locomotion of horse character. The dynamic motion is calculated independently for each body part with user interaction and control over the speed, frequency and oscillation during runtime, for high divergence control of the simulation. The user can manipulate the simulation parameters for motion speed, body oscillation, leg impact phases and duration at runtime and our system will automatically adjust the motion of horse and gait transition according to the user input. At preprocessing level a template based horse skeletal rig is generated automatically with Inverse Kinematics (IK) controllers for the spine, neck and all four legs. The head, tail, and feet's are controlled with Forward Kinematics (FK), along with scapula and sternum joints of the legs. Motion cycle is generated using the stance time and leg cycle time. Our procedural model for horse simulation can currently generate various gaits of motion with variable speed and body oscillation with controllable behavior and transition of gaits at runtime.

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Chardonnet JRyard JSecheppet MBenezet CAzema GLeblanc S(2021)Design and Evaluation of a Novel Haptic Interface for Horse-Drawn Carriage SimulationIEEE Transactions on Haptics10.1109/TOH.2021.305215114:3(491-502)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2021
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Procedural model of horse simulation
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics

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VRCAI '13: Proceedings of the 12th ACM SIGGRAPH International Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry

November 2013

325 pages

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DOI:10.1145/2534329

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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Hangzhou Normal University, China

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https://doi.org/10.1109/SII52469.2022.9708820
Chardonnet JRyard JSecheppet MBenezet CAzema GLeblanc S(2021)Design and Evaluation of a Novel Haptic Interface for Horse-Drawn Carriage SimulationIEEE Transactions on Haptics10.1109/TOH.2021.305215114:3(491-502)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2021
https://doi.org/10.1109/TOH.2021.3052151
Bhatti ABhatti ZMemon SWaqas A(2020)A Purposed model for Quadruped footprint generation2020 3rd International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (iCoMET)10.1109/iCoMET48670.2020.9074144(1-5)Online publication date: Jan-2020
https://doi.org/10.1109/iCoMET48670.2020.9074144
Bhatti ZBibi MShabbir N(2020)Augmented Reality based Multimedia Learning for Dyslexic Children2020 3rd International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (iCoMET)10.1109/iCoMET48670.2020.9073879(1-7)Online publication date: Jan-2020
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Bhatti Z(2019)Oscillator driven central pattern generator (CPG) system for procedural animation of quadruped locomotionMultimedia Tools and Applications10.1007/s11042-019-7641-1Online publication date: 9-May-2019
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Bhati ZShah AWaqas AMalik H(2013)Template Based Procedural Rigging of Quadrupeds with Custom ManipulatorsProceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies10.1109/ACSAT.2013.58(259-264)Online publication date: 23-Dec-2013
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