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animate   vt   1 : to give life or expression  2 : to create the illusion of motion
The Art of character animation imbues synthetic figures with Expressive behavior.
The Science of physics and genetic algorithms can generate lifelike Motion.
Disney meets Darwin combines the art of animation and the science of artificial life in a technique for evolving animated characters.
 
Can a funny walk develop through Darwinian evolution?

Check out the Animation Lab and find out
 


by Eddie Elliott and Jeffrey Ventrella

Eddie@Media.MIT.edu

Jeffrey@Ventrella.com

© copyright 2003 Elliott/Ventrella