Optimizing Human Motion for the Control of a Humanoid Robot - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Optimizing Human Motion for the Control of a Humanoid Robot

Alla Safonova, Nancy Pollard, and Jessica K. Hodgins
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM '03), March, 2003

Abstract

Using pre-recorded human motion and trajectory tracking, we can control the motion of a humanoid robot for free-space, upper body gestures. However, the number of degrees of freedom, range of joint motion, and achievable joint velocities of today's humanoid robots are far more limited than those of the average human subject. In this paper, we explore a set of techniques for limiting human motion of upper body gestures to that achievable by a Sarcos humanoid robot located at ATR. In particular we have found that it is important to preserve the configuration of the hands and head for upper body motion. We assess the quality of the results by comparing the motion of the human actor to that of the robot, both visually and quantitatively.

BibTeX

@conference{Safonova-2003-8620,
author = {Alla Safonova and Nancy Pollard and Jessica K. Hodgins},
title = {Optimizing Human Motion for the Control of a Humanoid Robot},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM '03)},
year = {2003},
month = {March},
}