Learning Two-Person Interaction Models for Responsive Synthetic Humanoids
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Imitation learning is a promising approach for generating life-like behaviors of virtual humans and humanoid robots. So far, however, imitation learning has been mostly restricted to single agent settings where observed motions are adapted to new environment conditions but not to the dynamic behavior of interaction partners. In this paper, we introduce a new imitation learning approach that is based on the simultaneous motion capture of two human interaction partners. From the observed interactions, low-dimensional motion models are extracted and a mapping between these motion models is learned. This interaction model allows the real-time generation of agent behaviors that are responsive to the body movements of an interaction partner. The interaction model can be applied both to the animation of virtual characters as well as to the behavior generation for humanoid robots.
Authors: Vogt, David, Ben Amor, Heni, Berger, Erik, Jung, Bernhard
Institutions: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Language: English
Topic: Human Motion and Animation
Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2408018040