Inverse kinematics (IK) is the use of kinematic equations to determine the joint parameters of
a manipulator so that the end effector moves to a desired position; IK can be applied in many …

Automatic synthesis of realistic gestures promises to transform the fields of animation,
avatars and communicative agents. In off‐line applications, novel tools can alter the role of …

Transferring the motion style from one animation clip to another, while preserving the motion
content of the latter, has been a long-standing problem in character animation. Most existing …

DB), a shared database containing original street dance videos with copyright-cleared
dance music. Although dancing is highly related to dance music and dance information can …

According to UNESCO, cultural heritage does not only include monuments and collections
of objects, but also contains traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and …

Humans are arguably innately prepared to comprehend others' emotional expressions from
subtle body movements. If robots or computers can be empowered with this capability, a …

Many analysis tasks for human motion rely on high-level similarity between sequences of
motions, that are not an exact matches in joint angles, timing, or ordering of actions. Even …

Style is an intrinsic, inescapable part of human motion. It complements the content of motion
to convey meaning, mood, and personality. Existing state-of-the-art motion style methods …

Learning couple dance such as salsa is challenging as it requires to understand and
assimilate all the dance skills (guidance, rhythm, style) correctly. Salsa is traditionally …

We present CycleDance, a dance style transfer system to transform an existing motion clip in
one dance style to a motion clip in another dance style while attempting to preserve motion …