BrandSpankingNew

Just launched a project for simyo that uses three inverse kinematic figures (if you don't speak German, just click two large orange buttons).

Inverse kinematics is the process of determining the parameters of a jointed flexible object in order to achieve a desired pose

The ik chain is uni-directional, which means you can only grab one end point of the chain (the left foot) to shake / throw them around. This has the added benefit of making the maths for restricting angles a lot simpler (although it still took two days to get the trigonometry right). This page was useful for the basic trig, but I ended up rewriting the constriction functions entirely. Here's a demo where you can play with the underlying skeleton and see the constraining angles.

(And no, it's not as slick as this or this.)