On the Run

On the Run is a computer animated cartoon that uses automated computer characters: no behaviour was hand animated. The work explores how techniques from robotics can be be applied to computer animation. The characters were animated automatically, using physics-based simulation and task-level control. On the Run appeared in the SIGGRAPH'91 Electronic Theater and won first prize in the Research Category at Imagina '92.

Status

Released

Production

The Leg Laboratory, MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Target Productions, DARPA