Boxing

These boxing simulations demonstrate reactions that are generated in response to track punches. As the punch lands, forces are applied and the dynamic affects cause the reactions shown.

A controlled simulated automatically transitions between purely tracking data and synthesizing reactions to hits by swapping in new stiffness and damping terms at appropriate times. Thus satisfying the combination of goals: follow the data and react reasonably with differing degrees over time. The tracking control system of each simulation is driven by sequences taken from a motion library (or by data created from blending and modifying the library sequences in the boxing shown).

This set of filmstirps shows a comparison between video and a simulation during impact. The comparison is made with a real scene with similar conditons seen in a boxing match.

My approach relies on human examples to dictate movement style and on simulation to create plausible interactions. The simulations interacts in a general manner through collision forces. Also see the earlier rock-em, sock-em robots version animation.