Your Body Avatar
Over the years, CFD Research has extensively developed a comprehensive Anthropometric Model Generator (AMG) tool, under the CobiDyn framework. This software can generate a human avatar based on as little as four anthropometric measurements, such as height, weight, chest and waist circumference. Accuracy of predictions is close to manual measurements [1] and can be more accurate than 3D body scans.
Detailed body measurements can be generated, as well as a surface, volumetric (tetrahedral) mesh, or musculoskeletal model [2] of the avatar. CobiDyn further has the capability to animate volumetric meshes using a motion database of military motions and motion retargeting and blending algorithms. Avatars can be saved at different time points in the animation and used for example for simulations.
References
- Zhou, Sun, Roos, Li, and Corner. Anthropometry model generation based on ANSUR II database. International J. Digital Human, 1(4): 321-343, 2016.
- Roos, Vasavada, Zheng, Zhou (2020) Neck musculoskeletal model generation through anthropometric scaling. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0219954