Meeting Agenda - 1999.08.25

August 25, 1999

Location:

Lab

Time:

1:30 p.m.

Chair: Eric Hall

1. Adoption of the Agenda - additions or deletions

2. Coffee Hour

Coffee hour this week:

??

Coffee hour next week:

??

3. Next meeting

Date:

Wednesday, September 1, 1999.

Location:

DC1304

Time:

1:30 p.m.

Chair:

Rick Knowles

Technical presentation:

Patrick Gilhuly

4. Forthcoming

Chair:

1. Tim Lahey (September 8th)
2. Josée Lajoie (September 15th)
3. Celine Latulipe (September 22nd)

Tech Presenters:

1. Eric Hall (September 8th)
2. Rick Knowles (September 15th)
3. Patrick Gilhuly (September 22nd)

5. Technical Presentation

Presenter:

Teresa Ge

Title:

Inverse Kinematics

Abstract:

An articulated object is often modeled as a set of rigid segments connected with joints, which have one or more degrees of freedom. Inverse kinematics is one of the methods used to find the joint angles for a desired configuration of the model. Most formulations rely on the solutions of linear systems of equations, which sometimes present numerical difficulty. A physically meaningful solution is used in this project to avoid excessive computation. Joint constraints are also considered for preventing unreachable configurations of the human model.

6. General Discussion Items

7. Action List

• New shelves have turned up. They are now the right-side up, but need ends before we bolt them to the wall and start filling them with books.
• Monodon should be connected to the video switch. We need an RCA to (BCS)? adaptor that can apparently be picked up at radio shack.

8. Director's Meeting

9. Seminars

10. Lab Cleanup