Fully Automatic Optical Motion Tracking using an Inverse Kinematics Approach

Maycock J, Röhling T, Schröder M, Botsch M, Ritter H. Fully Automatic Optical Motion Tracking using an Inverse Kinematics Approach. In: Proceedings of IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots. 2015: 461-466

Cloud point labelling in optical motion capture systems

109 p.This Thesis deals with the task of point labeling involved in the overall workflow of Optical Motion Capture Systems. Human motion capture by optical sensors produces at each frame snapshots of the motion as a cloud of points that need to be labeled in order to carry out ensuing motion analysis. The problem of labeling is tackled as a classification problem, using machine learning techniques as AdaBoost or Genetic Search to train a set of weak classifiers, gathered in turn in an ensemble of partial solvers. The result is used to feed an online algorithm able to provide a marker labeling at a target detection accuracy at a reduced computational cost. On the other hand, in contrast to other approaches the use of misleading temporal correlations has been discarded, strengthening the process against failure due to occasional labeling errors. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated on a real dataset obtained from the measurement of gait motion of persons, for which the ground truth labeling has been verified manually. In addition to the above, a broad sight regarding the field of Motion Capture and its optical branch is provided to the reader: description, composition, state of the art and related work. Shall it serve as suitable framework to highlight the importance and ease the understanding of the point labeling

Organisation, Repräsentation und Analyse menschlicher Ganzkörperbewegung für die datengetriebene Bewegungsgenerierung bei humanoiden Robotern

Diese Arbeit präsentiert einen Ansatz zur datengetriebenen Bewegungsgenerierung für humanoide Roboter, der auf der Beobachtung und Analyse menschlicher Ganzkörperbewegungen beruht. Hierzu wird untersucht, wie erfasste Bewegungen repräsentiert, klassifiziert und in einer großskaligen Bewegungsdatenbank organisiert werden können. Die statistische Modellierung der Transitionen zwischen charakteristischen Ganzkörperposen ermöglicht im Anschluss die Generierung von Multi-Kontakt-Bewegungen