A Computerized Look at Cat Locomotion or One Way to Scan a Cat,

Abstract

This paper describes a three-phase project concerning the watching, analyzing, and describing of motions of a cat in various gaits. All data is based on two 16 mm films of an actual cat moving on a treadmill. In phase 1 the low level issues of tracking key points on the cat from frame to frame are discussed. Phase 2 deals with building and using a graphics tool to analyze the data of phase 1. Phase 3 is a high level discussion of cat locomotion based on the trajectories and movements explored by phase 2. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA031856

Entities

People

  • Glen Speckert

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arm Bones
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Graphics
  • Human Body
  • Joints
  • Joints (Anatomy)
  • Locomotion
  • Microscopes
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Recognition
  • Shoulder
  • Trajectories
  • Treadmills

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  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Robotics and Automation.