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Motion-Based Learning

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In this Chapter, we introduce several learning approaches to generate non-preprogrammed motions for a virtual human. Motion primitives and their causalities should first be learned from a task, which consists of a cascade of sub-tasks. Using programming by demonstration (PbD), it is now common for a virtual human to learn motion primitives and their causalities from a human demonstration. Typically, a virtual human can swiftly and effortlessly acquire a human demonstration from a PbD. To generate non-preprogrammed motions, a virtual human should possess the abilities to: (i) segment a whole movement into meaning segments; (ii) learn motion primitives for their adaptation in a changing environment; (iii) represent a combination of a motion primitive and its causalities (a motion tuple) by considering reusability; and finally, (iv) swiftly and reasonably select a dependable motion primitive in accordance with current and goal situations. In this chapter, we review the state of the art and several solution approaches including their limitations. We then discuss future avenues to target motion tuples in terms of the generation of non-preprogrammed motions for a virtual human.

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Suh, I.H., Lee, S.H. (2016). Motion-Based Learning. In: Magnenat-Thalmann, N., Yuan, J., Thalmann, D., You, BJ. (eds) Context Aware Human-Robot and Human-Agent Interaction. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19947-4_7

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