Locomotion · Full body

Quarter turns

Target Full body  ·  Equipment Body weight  ·  Level Beginner  ·  Reps 3

Quarter turns is a beginner-level locomotion movement targeting the full body, written in Posecode, a small open-source language that LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini can write to describe human movement as text. Every joint angle below is hard-clamped to a safe range of motion.

How to do it

1. Face right1s · ease-in-out Small dip and pivot a quarter-turn to the right
2. Face back1s · ease-in-out Rise, then pivot another quarter-turn to face the back
3. Face left1s · ease-in-out Dip and pivot again to face the far side
4. Face front1s · ease-in-out Rise and complete the circle, back to front

The .posecode source

This is the exact text an LLM writes to produce the animation above: phases and joint angles, not 3D transforms.

posecode posture "Quarter turns"
  rig humanoid
  pose start = standing

  step "Face right" 1s ease-in-out:
    hips: flex 12
    knees: flex 20
    shoulders: abduct 30
    turn: 90
    ground-lock: feet
    cue "Small dip and pivot a quarter-turn to the right"

  step "Face back" 1s ease-in-out:
    knees: flex 0
    hips: flex 0
    shoulders: abduct 0
    turn: 180
    ground-lock: feet
    cue "Rise, then pivot another quarter-turn to face the back"

  step "Face left" 1s ease-in-out:
    hips: flex 12
    knees: flex 20
    shoulders: abduct 30
    turn: 270
    ground-lock: feet
    cue "Dip and pivot again to face the far side"

  step "Face front" 1s ease-in-out:
    knees: flex 0
    hips: flex 0
    shoulders: abduct 0
    turn: 360
    ground-lock: feet
    cue "Rise and complete the circle, back to front"

  repeat 3

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