Assembly planning and evaluation is an important component of the product design process
in which details about how parts of a new product will be put together are formalized. A well …

Many anatomical factors, such as bone geometry and muscle condition, interact to affect
human movements. This work aims to build a comprehensive musculoskeletal model and its …

There is growing need for software tools that can accurately simulate the complex dynamics
of modern robots. While a number of candidates exist, the field is fragmented. It is difficult to …

This paper appraises the current status of research devoted to the problem of modeling
impact in multibody systems. The paper presents a focused, yet coherent overview of the …

Por lo general, los científicos tienen la sensación de que por medio de su trabajo están
aprendiendo sobre algún aspecto de ellos mismos. Los físicos ven esta conexión en su …

Thoroughly revised, this third edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate
synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second. With the advent of …

We present an algorithm to efficiently and robustly process collisions, contact and friction in
cloth simulation. It works with any technique for simulating the internal dynamics of the cloth …

In this paper, we survey the state of the art in collision detection between general geometric
models. The set of models include polygonal objects, spline or algebraic surfaces, CSG …

Scientists often have the feeling that through their work they are learming about some aspect
of themselves. Physicists see this connection in their work, as do the psychologists, or …

This article presentsa method for approximatingpolyhedralobjects to support a time-critical
collision-detectionalgorithm. The approximationsare hierarchies of spheres, and they allow …