PolyDepth: Real-time penetration depth computation using iterative contact-space projection

  • Authors:
  • Changsoo Je;Min Tang;Youngeun Lee;Minkyoung Lee;Young J. Kim

  • Affiliations:
  • Ewha Womans University and Sogang University, Seoul, Korea;Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea;Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea;Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea;Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

We present a real-time algorithm that finds the Penetration Depth (PD) between general polygonal models based on iterative and local optimization techniques. Given an in-collision configuration of an object in configuration space, we find an initial collision-free configuration using several methods such as centroid difference, maximally clear configuration, motion coherence, random configuration, and sampling-based search. We project this configuration on to a local contact space using a variant of continuous collision detection algorithm and construct a linear convex cone around the projected configuration. We then formulate a new projection of the in-collision configuration onto the convex cone as a Linear Complementarity Problem (LCP), which we solve using a type of Gauss-Seidel iterative algorithm. We repeat this procedure until a locally optimal PD is obtained. Our algorithm can process complicated models consisting of tens of thousands triangles at interactive rates.