Physical Modeling (Comp 768)

Homeworks

Homework 1: ODE's & Particle Dynamics

Homework 2: Collision Detection Between Rigid Bodies

Homework 3: Rigid Body Dynamics

Class Presentation

I gave a lecture on articulated body dynamics, focusing on the introductory material specifically the basic algorithms for forward and inverse dynamics.

The slides for my presentation can be found here.

Motion Planning for Deformable Models

For my final course project I designed a system for motion planning for deformable robots in deformable environments using a constraint-based framework. The deformations were simulated using an FEM implementing stiffness warping and the planning was done using a modified PRM implementation.

Project website
Final project writeup [pdf]

2007

2008