Locomotion · Full body

Walk & turn

Target Full body  ·  Equipment Body weight  ·  Level Beginner  ·  Reps 2

Walk & turn is a beginner-level locomotion movement targeting the full body, written in Posecode, a small open-source language that capable language models can use to describe human movement as text. Authored joint targets and reach-IK solves are constrained to Posecode's configured per-axis bounds. Those bounds constrain the visualization, but they do not certify that a complete movement is safe or clinically correct. This page documents a code example; it is not exercise instruction.

Movement phases

Phase cues are display-only coaching text. The executable joint and contact directives in the source below determine the animation.

1. Step right0.7s · flow Walk forward: right foot leads, opposite arm swings through
2. Step left0.7s · flow Left foot leads, arms swap: keep travelling forward
3. About-face1s · flow Plant and turn a half-turn to face back the way you came
4. Walk back0.7s · flow Walk back toward the start
5. Arrive & square up1s · settle Arrive home and turn to face front again

The .posecode source

This is the exact text used by the linked playground animation: phases and joint angles, not 3D transforms.

posecode exercise "Walk & turn"
  rig humanoid
  pose start = standing

  step "Step right" 0.7s flow:
    hip_right: flex 30
    knee_right: flex 15
    hip_left: extend 12
    shoulder_left: flex 25
    shoulder_right: extend 20
    travel: 0 0.34
    pin: foot_left floor
    cue "Walk forward: right foot leads, opposite arm swings through"

  step "Step left" 0.7s flow:
    hip_left: flex 30
    knee_left: flex 15
    hip_right: extend 12
    shoulder_right: flex 25
    shoulder_left: extend 20
    travel: 0 0.66
    pin: foot_right floor
    cue "Left foot leads, arms swap: keep travelling forward"

  step "About-face" 1s flow:
    hips: flex 0
    knees: flex 0
    shoulders: flex 0
    turn: 180
    travel: 0 0.66
    reach: foot_left floor
    reach: foot_right floor
    cue "Plant and turn a half-turn to face back the way you came"

  step "Walk back" 0.7s flow:
    hip_right: flex 30
    knee_right: flex 15
    hip_left: extend 12
    shoulder_left: flex 25
    shoulder_right: extend 20
    turn: 180
    travel: 0 0.34
    pin: foot_left floor
    cue "Walk back toward the start"

  step "Arrive & square up" 1s settle:
    hips: flex 0
    knees: flex 0
    shoulders: flex 0
    turn: 360
    travel: 0 0
    reach: foot_left floor
    reach: foot_right floor
    cue "Arrive home and turn to face front again"

  repeat 2

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