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A flexible solution to help artists improve animation | MIT News
Artists who bring to life heroes and villains in animated movies and video games could have more control over their animations, thanks to a new technique introduced by MIT researchers. Their method generates mathematical functions known as barycentric coordinates, which define how 2D and 3D shapes can bend, stretch, and move through space. For example,…
Robotic mouse with flexible spine moves with greater speed and agility
This mouse is able to move with ease Zhenshan Bing/Technical University of Munich, Germany A mouse-like robot with an articulated spine is faster, more agile and defter at balancing than rigid competitors, but the added cost and complexity means such devices will only be suitable for some applications. Zhenshan Bing at the Technical University of…