I'm a structure, you're a structure we're all structures. Kinematic structures actually. People, robots, animals and moving beings of all sorts can be described using kinematic models.
According to the standard a kinematic structure (section 5.4.8): "A kinematic_structure specifies the topological aspects of a kinematic representation. The topology of the kinematic_structure is represented by means of kinematic_joints which, in turn, establish a relationship between pairs of kinematic_links."
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| Control this person. Click on the embedded VRML controls to position the figure. |
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| This is a kinematic structure (very simplified) of a person. Click on any of the body parts and watch him move. |
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| This is a kinematic structure of a robot. Click away and watch it move. |