EMOT – Evolutionary Approach to 3D Computer Animation

Key-framing and Inverse Kinematics are popular animation methods, but new approaches are still developed. We propose a new evolutionary method of animation creation – system EMOT (Evolutionary MOTion). It allows for automation of motion of animated characters. It uses new evolutionary approach – Gene Expression Programming (GEP). Characters are controlled by computer programs, an animator has to provide the way of motion evaluation. GEP works with a randomly selected initial population, uses directed but random selection. Experiments show that the proposed method can develop robust controllers.