by Martina Haefeli | May 26, 2015 | Robotics
High-Performance Robotic Muscles from Conductive Nylon Sewing Thread In this paper, we develop a thermomechanical and thermoelectric model of SCP actuators, and examine their controllability. May 26, 2015IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation...
by Martina Haefeli | May 25, 2015 | Animation, Visual Computing
Scalable Asynchronous Contact Mechanics with Charm++ This paper presents a scalable implementation of the Asynchronous Contact Mechanics (ACM) algorithm, a reliable method to simulate flexible material subject to complex collisions and contact geometries. May 25,...
by Martina Haefeli | May 18, 2015 | Visual Computing, Wireless Communication and Ubiquitous Computing
DTN-enabled Infostation and Cinema-in-a-Backpack In this paper, we present our wireless infostation and the cinema-in-a-back that we have built for the purpose and ready for a six-month long eld deployment in rural South Africa, in partnership with local...
by Martina Haefeli | May 8, 2015 | Digital Humans, Visual Computing
Eye-Tracktive: Measuring Attention to Body Parts When Judging Human Motions Virtual humans are often endowed with human-like characteristics to make them more appealing and engaging. May 8, 2015Eurographics 2015 Authors Cathy Ennis (Trinity College Dublin)...
by Martina Haefeli | May 8, 2015 | Capture, Machine Learning
Recent Advances in Facial Appearance Capture Facial appearance capture is now firmly established within academic research and used extensively across various application domains, perhaps most prominently in the entertainment industry through the design of virtual...
