Einblick - Human motion estimation - # Physics-aware 3D human motion and force estimation

Estimating Human Dynamics from Monocular Videos with Physics-aware Pretrained Transformer

Q: How can the physics-inspired losses in PhysPT be further improved to better capture the complex dynamics of human motion

In order to better capture the complex dynamics of human motion, the physics-inspired losses in PhysPT can be further improved in several ways: Enhanced Contact Modeling: The continuous contact force model used in PhysPT can be refined to better simulate the interactions between different body parts and external surfaces. This can involve incorporating more sophisticated contact mechanics models that consider friction, material properties, and surface irregularities. Dynamic Force Estimation: Instead of treating forces as static parameters, the model can be extended to dynamically estimate forces over time. This can involve predicting how forces change based on the motion dynamics of the body, leading to more accurate and realistic force estimations. Incorporating Soft Tissue Dynamics: Human bodies are not rigid; they contain soft tissues that deform and interact during motion. By integrating soft tissue dynamics into the physics-inspired losses, PhysPT can better capture the realistic deformations and interactions within the body. Multi-Body Dynamics: Human motion often involves interactions between multiple body parts, such as the coordination between arms and legs during walking. By extending the physics-inspired losses to consider multi-body dynamics, PhysPT can improve its ability to model complex human movements.

Q: What other downstream tasks could benefit from the physically meaningful motion and force estimates produced by PhysPT

The physically meaningful motion and force estimates produced by PhysPT can benefit various downstream tasks beyond human action recognition. Some of these tasks include: Biomechanical Analysis: PhysPT's accurate estimation of motion forces can be valuable for biomechanical analysis, such as assessing joint stresses, muscle activations, and energy expenditure during different activities. This information can aid in injury prevention, rehabilitation, and performance optimization. Virtual Reality and Gaming: PhysPT's realistic motion and force estimates can enhance the realism of virtual reality experiences and gaming simulations. By incorporating these estimates, virtual characters can move and interact more naturally with their environments. Robotics and Prosthetics: PhysPT's insights into human dynamics can be applied to robotics and prosthetics to develop more human-like movements and interactions. This can improve the design of robotic systems, exoskeletons, and prosthetic devices for better performance and user experience. Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy: PhysPT's understanding of human motion dynamics can support personalized rehabilitation programs and physical therapy interventions. By analyzing movement patterns and forces, tailored rehabilitation plans can be developed to aid in recovery from injuries or surgeries.

Q: How can the self-supervised training approach of PhysPT be extended to leverage unlabeled in-the-wild video data for improved generalization to diverse human motion scenarios

To extend the self-supervised training approach of PhysPT to leverage unlabeled in-the-wild video data for improved generalization, several strategies can be implemented: Domain Adaptation Techniques: Utilize domain adaptation methods to transfer knowledge from labeled motion capture data to unlabeled in-the-wild videos. Techniques like adversarial training or domain-specific regularization can help the model generalize better to diverse human motion scenarios. Semi-Supervised Learning: Incorporate a semi-supervised learning framework where the model is trained on a combination of labeled motion capture data and unlabeled in-the-wild videos. This can help the model learn from the unlabeled data while still benefiting from the supervised information. Data Augmentation: Augment the labeled motion capture data with synthetic transformations to simulate in-the-wild scenarios. By introducing variations in lighting conditions, backgrounds, and occlusions, the model can learn to adapt to different environmental factors present in unlabeled videos. Transfer Learning: Pre-train the model on a large dataset of labeled motion capture data and then fine-tune it on a smaller set of labeled in-the-wild videos. This transfer learning approach can help the model generalize better to new and unseen human motion scenarios.

Kernkonzepte

PhysPT, a Transformer encoder-decoder model, improves the physical plausibility of kinematics-based 3D human motion estimates and infers motion forces from monocular videos without requiring 3D annotated training data.

Zusammenfassung

The paper introduces PhysPT, a novel framework for estimating human dynamics from monocular videos. PhysPT consists of two main components:

A kinematics-based motion estimation model that generates initial 3D human pose and shape estimates from video inputs.
A physics-aware pretrained Transformer (PhysPT) that refines the kinematics-based estimates and infers motion forces.

To incorporate physics into the model, the authors develop a physics-based body representation (Phys-SMPL) and a continuous contact force model. They then formulate several physics-inspired training losses, including force loss, contact loss, and Euler-Lagrange loss, to enable PhysPT to capture the physical properties of the human body and the forces it experiences.

The key highlights of the paper are:

PhysPT significantly enhances the physical plausibility of kinematics-based motion estimates, reducing artifacts such as motion jittering and foot skating by up to 83.8% and 68.7%, respectively.
PhysPT infers physically meaningful motion forces without requiring 3D annotated training data, outperforming existing physics-based methods.
The improved motion and force estimates from PhysPT lead to a 4.0% boost in human action recognition accuracy, demonstrating the benefits of incorporating physics for downstream tasks.

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The average difference between the predicted and ground truth acceleration is reduced by 83.8% compared to the kinematics-based model.
The difference between the predicted and ground truth joint velocity magnitude is reduced by 83.9%.
The average displacement between two adjacent frames of in-contact vertices (foot skating) is reduced by 68.7%.

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"PhysPT significantly enhances the physical plausibility of kinematics-based motion estimates, reducing artifacts such as motion jittering and foot skating by up to 83.8% and 68.7%, respectively."
"PhysPT infers physically meaningful motion forces without requiring 3D annotated training data, outperforming existing physics-based methods."
"The improved motion and force estimates from PhysPT lead to a 4.0% boost in human action recognition accuracy, demonstrating the benefits of incorporating physics for downstream tasks."

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by Yufei Zhang,... um arxiv.org 04-09-2024

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.04430.pdf

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How can the physics-inspired losses in PhysPT be further improved to better capture the complex dynamics of human motion

In order to better capture the complex dynamics of human motion, the physics-inspired losses in PhysPT can be further improved in several ways:

Enhanced Contact Modeling: The continuous contact force model used in PhysPT can be refined to better simulate the interactions between different body parts and external surfaces. This can involve incorporating more sophisticated contact mechanics models that consider friction, material properties, and surface irregularities.

Dynamic Force Estimation: Instead of treating forces as static parameters, the model can be extended to dynamically estimate forces over time. This can involve predicting how forces change based on the motion dynamics of the body, leading to more accurate and realistic force estimations.

Incorporating Soft Tissue Dynamics: Human bodies are not rigid; they contain soft tissues that deform and interact during motion. By integrating soft tissue dynamics into the physics-inspired losses, PhysPT can better capture the realistic deformations and interactions within the body.

Multi-Body Dynamics: Human motion often involves interactions between multiple body parts, such as the coordination between arms and legs during walking. By extending the physics-inspired losses to consider multi-body dynamics, PhysPT can improve its ability to model complex human movements.

What other downstream tasks could benefit from the physically meaningful motion and force estimates produced by PhysPT

The physically meaningful motion and force estimates produced by PhysPT can benefit various downstream tasks beyond human action recognition. Some of these tasks include:

Biomechanical Analysis: PhysPT's accurate estimation of motion forces can be valuable for biomechanical analysis, such as assessing joint stresses, muscle activations, and energy expenditure during different activities. This information can aid in injury prevention, rehabilitation, and performance optimization.

Virtual Reality and Gaming: PhysPT's realistic motion and force estimates can enhance the realism of virtual reality experiences and gaming simulations. By incorporating these estimates, virtual characters can move and interact more naturally with their environments.

Robotics and Prosthetics: PhysPT's insights into human dynamics can be applied to robotics and prosthetics to develop more human-like movements and interactions. This can improve the design of robotic systems, exoskeletons, and prosthetic devices for better performance and user experience.

Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy: PhysPT's understanding of human motion dynamics can support personalized rehabilitation programs and physical therapy interventions. By analyzing movement patterns and forces, tailored rehabilitation plans can be developed to aid in recovery from injuries or surgeries.

How can the self-supervised training approach of PhysPT be extended to leverage unlabeled in-the-wild video data for improved generalization to diverse human motion scenarios

To extend the self-supervised training approach of PhysPT to leverage unlabeled in-the-wild video data for improved generalization, several strategies can be implemented:

Domain Adaptation Techniques: Utilize domain adaptation methods to transfer knowledge from labeled motion capture data to unlabeled in-the-wild videos. Techniques like adversarial training or domain-specific regularization can help the model generalize better to diverse human motion scenarios.

Semi-Supervised Learning: Incorporate a semi-supervised learning framework where the model is trained on a combination of labeled motion capture data and unlabeled in-the-wild videos. This can help the model learn from the unlabeled data while still benefiting from the supervised information.

Data Augmentation: Augment the labeled motion capture data with synthetic transformations to simulate in-the-wild scenarios. By introducing variations in lighting conditions, backgrounds, and occlusions, the model can learn to adapt to different environmental factors present in unlabeled videos.

Transfer Learning: Pre-train the model on a large dataset of labeled motion capture data and then fine-tune it on a smaller set of labeled in-the-wild videos. This transfer learning approach can help the model generalize better to new and unseen human motion scenarios.