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My research interests include data-driven motion planning algorithms, planning human-like full-body coordinated motions for virtual agents and humanoid robots. I am also interested in the aspects of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
 

 
 


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Research Highlight Reel

PUBLICATIONS


  • Automating the Transfer of a Generic Set of Behaviors Onto a Virtual Character

    Andrew Feng, Yazhou Huang, Yuyu Xu and Ari Shapiro
    The Fifth International Conference on Motion in Games (MIG), 2012
    [paper] [video] Best Paper award



  • An Analysis of Motion Blending Techniques

    Andrew Feng, Yazhou Huang, Marcelo Kallmann and Ari Shapiro
    The Fifth International Conference on Motion in Games (MIG), 2012
    [paper] [video]



  • Immersive Interfaces for Building Parameterized Motion Databases

    Carlo Camporesi, Yazhou Huang and Marcelo Kallmann
    International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA), poster presentation, 2012
    [poster]



  • Planning Humanlike Actions in Blending Spaces

    Yazhou Huang , Mentar Mahmudi and Marcelo Kallmann
    International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2011
    [project] [paper] [video]



  • Modeling Gaze Behavior for Virtual Demonstrators

    Yazhou Huang , Marcelo Kallmann, Justin L Matthews and Teenie Matlock
    International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA), 2011
    [project] [paper]



  • Walking Gait Generation with Foot Placement Control for the HOAP-3 Humanoid Robot

    Yazhou Huang , Robert Backman and Marcelo Kallmann
    UCM School of Engineering Technical Report 2011-02, 2011
    [paper] [video]



  • Motion Parameterization with Inverse Blending

    Yazhou Huang and Marcelo Kallmann
    The Third International Conference on Motion in Games (MIG), 2010
    [project] [paper] [video]



  • Interactive Motion Modeling and Parameterization by Direct Demonstration

    Carlo Camporesi, Yazhou Huang and Marcelo Kallmann
    Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA), 2010
    [project] [paper] [video]



  • A Skill-Based Motion Planning Framework for Humanoids

    Marcelo Kallmann, Yazhou Huang and Robert Backman
    International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010
    [project] [paper] [video]



  • Interactive Demonstration of Pointing Gestures for Virtual Trainers

    Yazhou Huang and Marcelo Kallmann
    HCI International, San Diego, 2009
    [project] [paper] [video] [bibtex] [springer]



  • Gesture Variants and Cognitive Constraints for Interactive Virtual Reality Training Systems

    Stephanie Huette, Yazhou Huang , Marcelo Kallmann, Teenie Matlock and Justin Matthews
    International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), 2011
    [paper]