Computational design of mechanical characters

ACM Transactions on Graphics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Coros, Stelian ^a   Thomaszewski, Bernhard ^a   Noris, Gioacchino ^a   Sueda, Shinjiro ^a   Forberg, Moira ^a   Sumner, Robert W ^a   Matusik, Wojciech ^b   Bickel, Bernd ^a  

^a DISNEY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animation; Fabrication; Interactive design; Mechanical characters

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; INTERACTIVE DESIGN; MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY; MECHANICAL CHARACTERS; MOTION CURVE; PLANAR MECHANISM; SEMI-AUTOMATED; SINGLE INPUT;

ANIMATION; CURVE FITTING; DESIGN; FABRICATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MECHANISMS;

EID: 84880785012     PISSN: 07300301     EISSN: 15577368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2461912.2461953     Document Type: Article

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