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David Zeltzer
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 38
Citations - 2666
David Zeltzer is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Virtual machine & Computer animation. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 38 publications receiving 2632 citations.
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Pump it up: computer animation of a biomechanically based model of muscle using the finite element method
David T. Chen,David Zeltzer +1 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that the twin goals of realistic computer animation and valid biomechanical simulation of muscle can be met using these methods, providing a principled foundation both for animators wishing to create anatomically based characters and biomechanicals engineers interested in studying muscle function.
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Dynamic simulation of autonomous legged locomotion
Michael McKenna,David Zeltzer +1 more
TL;DR: An efficient forward dynamic simulation algorithm for articulated figures which has a computational complexity linear in the number of joints is implemented and a strategy for the coordination of the locomotion of a six-legged figure - a simulated insect - is presented.
Book
Making Them Move: Mechanics, Control & Animation of Articulated Figures
TL;DR: Making Them Move: Mechanics, Control, and Animation of Articulated Figures Edited by Norman I. Badler and Bonnie L. Webber and Brian A. Barsky.
Intelligent Camera Control in a Virtual Environment
Steven M. Drucker,David Zeltzer +1 more
TL;DR: Some of the tasks that need to be performed in a virtual museum are identified, a paradigm for encapsulating those tasks into camera modules are presented, and the underlying mechanisms that make up the camera module for navigating through the environment are described.