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Publications, Nancy Pollard

Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

• Method for determining kinematic parameters of the in vivo thumb carpometacarpal joint
  L.Y. Chang and N. Pollard
  IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 55, No. 7, July, 2008, pp. 1897-1906. [Abstract]
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• Interactive Physically-Based Control of Skeleton-Driven Deformable Characters
  J. Kim and N. Pollard
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-08-11, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, June, 2008. [Abstract]
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• On preparatory object rotation to adjust handle orientation for grasping
  L.Y. Chang and N. Pollard
  tech. report CMU-RI-TR-08-10, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April, 2008. [Abstract]
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• Feature Selection for Grasp Recognition from Optical Markers
  L.Y. Chang, N. Pollard, T. Mitchell, and E.P. Xing
  Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2007), October, 2007, pp. 2944 - 2950. [Abstract]
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• Planar batting under shape, pose, and impact uncertainty
  J. Fu, S. Srinivasa, N. Pollard, and B. Nabbe
  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), April, 2007. [Abstract]
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• Constrained Least-Squares Optimization for Robust Estimation of Center of Rotation
  L.Y. Chang and N. Pollard
  Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 40, No. 6, 2007, pp. 1392 - 1400. [Abstract]
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• Data driven grasp synthesis using shape matching and task-based pruning
  Y. Li, J. Fu, and N. Pollard
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 13, 2007. [Abstract]
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• Robust estimation of dominant axis of rotation
  L.Y. Chang and N. Pollard
  Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 40, No. 12, 2007, pp. 2707 - 2715. [Abstract]
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• Physics-Based Motion Retiming
  J. McCann, N. Pollard, and S. Srinivasa
  Eurographics/ ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Computer Animation, September, 2006. [Abstract]
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• On the Importance of Asymmetries in Grasp Quality Metrics for Tendon Driven Hands
  J. Fu and N. Pollard
  IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2006. [Abstract]
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• Physics-Based Motion Retiming
  J. McCann, N. Pollard, and S. Srinivasa
  ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation, 2006. [Abstract]
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• Physically Based Grasping Control from Example
  N. Pollard and V.B. Zordan
  In Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation, August, 2005. [Abstract]
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• A Shape Matching Algorithm for Synthesizing Humanlike Enveloping Grasps
  Y. Li and N. Pollard
  IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2005), 2005. [Abstract]
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• Grasp Synthesis from Example: Tuning the Example to a Task or Object
  N. Pollard and A. Wolf
  Multi-point Interaction with Real and Virtual Objects, Federico Barbagli, Domenico Prattichizzo, and Kenneth Salisbury, ed., Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 2005, pp. 77-90. [Abstract]
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• Evaluating Motion Graphs for Character Navigation
  P. Reitsma and N. Pollard
  In Proceedings of the ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation, August, 2004. [Abstract]
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• Synthesizing Physically Realistic Human Motion in Low-Dimensional, Behavior-Specific Spaces
  A. Safonova, J.K. Hodgins, and N. Pollard
  ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2004), Vol. 23, No. 3, August, 2004. [Abstract]

• Segmenting Motion Capture Data into Distinct Behaviors
  J. Barbic, A. Safonova, J. Pan, C. Faloutsos, J.K. Hodgins, and N. Pollard
  In Proceedings of Graphics Interface 2004, May, 2004, pp. 185 - 194. [Abstract]

• Closure and Quality Equivalence for Efficient Synthesis of Grasps from Examples
  N. Pollard
  International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 23, No. 6, 2004, pp. 595-614. [Abstract]
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• Efficient Synthesis of Physically Valid Human Motion
  A. Fang and N. Pollard
  ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2003), Vol. 22, No. 3, July, 2003, pp. 417 - 426. [Abstract]
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• Perceptual Metrics for Character Animation: Sensitivity to Errors in Ballistic Motion
  P. Reitsma and N. Pollard
  ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2003), Vol. 22, No. 3, July, 2003, pp. 537 - 542. [Abstract]
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• Optimizing Human Motion for the Control of a Humanoid Robot
  A. Safonova, N. Pollard, and J.K. Hodgins
  2nd International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2003), March, 2003. [Abstract]
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• Generalizing Demonstrated Manipulation Tasks
  N. Pollard and J.K. Hodgins
  Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR '02), December, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Interactive Control of Avatars Animated With Human Motion Data
  J. Lee, J. Chai, P. Reitsma, J.K. Hodgins, and N. Pollard
  ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH 2002), Vol. 21, No. 3, July, 2002, pp. 491 - 500. [Abstract]
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• Adapting Human Motion for the Control of a Humanoid Robot
  N. Pollard, J.K. Hodgins, M.J. Riley, and C. Atkeson
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '02), May, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Tendon Arrangement and Muscle Force Requirements for Humanlike Force Capabilities in a Robotic Finger
  N. Pollard and R.C. Gilbert
  Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA '02), May, 2002. [Abstract]
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• Simple Machines for Scaling Human Motion
  N. Pollard
  In Proceedings of Computer Animation and Simulation '99, August, 1999. [Abstract]

• Adapting Simulated Behaviors For New Characters
  J.K. Hodgins and N. Pollard
  In Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 97, August, 1997, pp. 153 - 162. [Abstract]