METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING DYNAMIC CONTACT OF OBJECTS

Patent №

US 7,353,149

Granted

2008-04-01

Filed 2002

Owner

TELEKINESYS RESEARCH LIMITED

Lab

AI components

3

kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10128269

Contact of rigid bodies is simulated with friction. A contact point is determined as a mid point between closest points on each body. An integrated relative velocity (IRV) vector is computed, and is minimized by applying forces to both bodies. If the IRV value exceeds a threshold the bodies are deemed to be sliding. Non-penetration constraint and friction values are determined in separate processes and the output of one is fed to the other.

AI classification

AI hardware0.84
Knowledge representation0.79
Planning0.69
Machine learning0.09
Vision0.03
Evolutionary computation0.01
Natural language0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

TELEKINESYS RESEARCH LIMITED

assignment · 128300443

Assignors

STRUNK, OLIVER, LISS, THOMAS, GROSS, OLIVER

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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