Ostrich Simulation

The ostrich simulation is a planar, physically realistic simulation of an ostrich. It does not run as quickly as a real ostrich, but was among the first simulations we created with articulated, rather than telescoping, legs.

Video

On the Run Part 4. (314K MPEG)

Publications

• Borvansky, L. Dynamic Simulation of the Running Motion of an Ostrich, MS Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991.
• Raibert, M. H., Hodgins, J., 1991. Animation of dynamic legged locomotion SIGGRAPH `91, Las Vegas, 25:4, 349--358.
• Raibert, M. H., Hodgins, J., Ringrose, R., Playter, R., Borvansky, L., Campbell, L., Evans, D., Crane, C.A., Lamb, M. 1991. ``On The Run'', {SIGGRAPH `91 Electronic Theater Las Vegas.
  Also shown at Los Angeles International Animation Celebration, October 1991.
  Also shown at the London Computer Animation Festival, October 1991.
  Also shown at Imagina, Monte Carlo, January 1992.
  

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