In this paper, the modeling, simulation and control of a robotic meat cutting cell is described. A dual-arm system is used in the separation task, one arm cuts the meat along a deformable guide line while the second arm graps and pulls the meat to further increase the opening of the valley. The steps taken to model the cell in order to ensure a realistic interaction between the robots and the f...

This paper presents LEM Long Elements Method, a new method for physically based simulation of deformable objects, suitable for real time animation and virtual environment interaction. The approach implements a static solution for elastic global deformations of objects lled with uid based on the Pascal's principle and volume conservation. The volumes are discretised in long elements, de ning mes...

A computer vision based approach for human±computer interaction through head movements is presented and evaluated in a non-immersive virtual reality context. Once intercepted and tracked in real-time using a piecewise ane camera model and ane-deformable eye contours, user head displacements are estimated and remapped onto the tridimensional graphic environment according to a natural interface...

New technologies and materials enable the physical form of display surfaces to become dynamic in terms of shape and movement. This enables devices to form a more intimate relationship with software data and the user’s environment. The research area of actuated interfaces aims at leveraging these qualities to enhance interaction with and representation of digital information, as well as creating...

This paper presents a novel whole body motion tracking method by aligning the 3D model of human body and reconstructed 3D shape of the target obtained from multiple video streams. The advantage of the proposed method is two fold: (1) delicate deformation around shoulder and waist can be accurately tracked by using an articulated deformable model, (2) combination of ICP and robust estimator with...

New technologies and materials enable the physical form of display surfaces to become dynamic in terms of shape and movement. This enables devices to form a more intimate relationship with software data and the user’s environment. The research area of actuated interfaces aims at leveraging these qualities to enhance interaction with and representation of digital information, as well as creating...