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MIT OpenCourseWare
Algorithms for Computer Animation
Art: Palmer, Edward, 1803-1872, Figures 113-123. Plate Electrical Machines, 1840 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Jovan Popovic
- Term
- Fall 2002
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 6.838 Algorithms for Computer Animation, Fall 2002, Prof. Jovan Popovic — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Course outline
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Lecture 2: Keyframing
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Lecture 3: Open Topic
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Lecture 4: Motion Capture
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Lecture 5: Open Topic
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Lecture 6: Particle Systems
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Lecture 7: Open Topic
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Lecture 8: Constraints Extended Abstracts for Project Due
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Lecture 9: Optimization
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Lecture 10: Rigid Bodies
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Lecture 11: Control of Rigid-Body Dynamics
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Lecture 12: Automated Learning of Muscle Control
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Lecture 13: Natural and Expressive Motion
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Lecture 14: Approximating Physics
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Lecture 15: Flexible Bodies
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Lecture 16: Cloth
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Lecture 17: Project Progress Reports
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Lecture 18: Interactive Synthetic Characters (Prof. Blumberg)
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Lecture 19: Smoke
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Lecture 20: Fluids
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Lecture 21: Motion Editing
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Lecture 22: Higher-Level Behaviors
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Lecture 23: Open Topic
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Lecture 24: Robot Controllers for Legged Locomotion
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Lecture 25: Composable Controllers
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Lecture 26: Open Topic Final Project Reports
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Jovan Popovic, 6.838 Algorithms for Computer Animation, Fall 2002.
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