AMARSi (Adaptive Modular Architectures for Rich Motor Skills)
Research Area:
Biomedical and Biologically Motivated Technical ApplicationsResearchers:
Martin A. Giese; Enrico Chiovetto; Albert MukovskiyDescription:
Human and animal movements are still utterly astonishing when compared to robots. The AMARSi Project aims at bridging this gap.
Research includes:
The AMARSi Project has been supported by the FP7 Program, under thematic objective Information and Communication Technology, grant agreement n. 248311
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Subprojects
Movement primitives are usually assumed to extend over short temporal segments only, which begets the question of how these segments can be identified or defined. We developed a motion segmentation algorithm based on Bayesian Binning.
In order to provide a highly controlled setup for the recording of arm movements that are coordinated with walking movements, we have developed a novel virtual reality setup combining motion capture using a VICON system and stereoscopic presentation using a setup with Dolby 3D stereo projectors.
Complex behavior is thought to be generated by a small number of movement primitives. Multiple definitions of motor primitives have been given in the literature, each one translating into different generative models and different techniques for their identifications.