[ODE] Ragdoll characters with ODE

[DjArcas]

Fantastic. I wish I had a copy of that to play with myself - beats any
current virtual 'pet'.

I'm impressed tho, by it itself - I don't think I could walk without my
torso attached :)

I'm very interested in getting things like that to fight, however...
learning to attack, push, and block. After a few hundred/thousand
generations, surely we're going to end up with combat as fast as that in the
Matrix? :)

Adam

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Gregan" <chris@torcinteractive.com>
To: <ode@q12.org>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [ODE] Ragdoll characters with ODE


> These guys have developed a system using genetic algorithms to allow a
> character to learn how to walk by itself over several generations.
> Interesting stuff, I wonder will we be seeing this in games in a few
years?
> Could something like it be done with ODE now?
>
> The article...
> http://www.discover.com/aug_03/feattech.html
>
> Check out the movie on this page...
> http://www.naturalmotion.com/pages/technology_hiw.htm
>
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Martin C. Martin" <martin@metahuman.org>
> To: "Nate W" <coding@natew.com>
> Cc: <ode@q12.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 4:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [ODE] Ragdoll characters with ODE
>
>
> > Wouldn't be all that hard if you use a "virtual walker" approach,
although
> > it might not look too natural.
> >
> > - Martin
> >
> > Nate W wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Ivan Bolcina wrote:
> > >
> > > > How stable are ragdolls? Do you think you could teach them to walk
> > > > that way also. I mean, command them some isolated action, lets say,
> > > > rise right leg, and the AI would keep the rest of body in balance.
> > >
> > > This is the problem that got me interested in ODE, and I'm sure that's
> > > true for many other people here as well.  It is a challenging problem,
> one
> > > that many people are working on solving in many different ways in
> research
> > > projects around the world.  When someone posts a video of a creature
> > > walking in an ODE universe, we all cheer. :-)
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Nate Waddoups
> > > Redmond WA USA
> > > http://www.natew.com
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