MoRAG -- Multi-Fusion Retrieval Augmented Generation for Human Motion
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Abstract (arXiv)
We introduce MoRAG, a novel multi-part fusion based retrieval-augmented generation strategy for text-based human motion generation. The method enhances motion diffusion models by leveraging additional knowledge obtained through an improved motion retrieval process. By effectively prompting large language models (LLMs), we address spelling errors and rephrasing issues in motion retrieval. Our approach utilizes a multi-part retrieval strategy to improve the generalizability of motion retrieval across the language space. We create diverse samples through the spatial composition of the retrieved motions. Furthermore, by utilizing low-level, part-specific motion information, we can construct motion samples for unseen text descriptions. Our experiments demonstrate that our framework can serve as a plug-and-play module, improving the performance of motion diffusion models. Code, pretrained models and sample videos are available at: https://motion-rag.github.io/
Key facts. Cited by 11 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Multimodal RAG, one of 15 directions in Retrieval-augmented generation. Builds on 32 of its 40 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 18 Sep 2024.
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32 of 40 references.
Closest ancestors · 2
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- 2023ReMoDiffuse: Retrieval-Augmented Motion Diffusion Model3 Apr
- 2022Re-Imagen: Retrieval-Augmented Text-to-Image Generator29 Sep
Other references · 30
- 2021Learning Transferable Visual Models From Natural Language Supervisioncited by 33,456
- 2018Representation Learning with Contrastive Predictive Codingcited by 7,662
- 2023BLIP-2: Bootstrapping Language-Image Pre-training with Frozen Image Encoders and Large Language Modelscited by 6,069
- 2019DistilBERT, a distilled version of BERT: smaller, faster, cheaper and lightercited by 4,243
- 2022CoCa: Contrastive Captioners are Image-Text Foundation Modelscited by 1,265
- 2019AMASS: Archive of Motion Capture as Surface Shapescited by 1,208
- 2022Human Motion Diffusion Modelcited by 1,062
- 2019An Introduction to Variational Autoencoderscited by 997
- 2020MPNet: Masked and Permuted Pre-training for Language Understandingcited by 973
- 2022MotionDiffuse: Text-Driven Human Motion Generation with Diffusion Modelcited by 768
- 2023T2M-GPT: Generating Human Motion from Textual Descriptions with Discrete Representationscited by 577
- 2022Executing your Commands via Motion Diffusion in Latent Spacecited by 567
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- 2022TEMOS: Generating diverse human motions from textual descriptionscited by 486
- 2020Action2Motion: Conditioned Generation of 3D Human Motionscited by 438
- 2022MotionCLIP: Exposing Human Motion Generation to CLIP Spacecited by 406
- 2024Retrieval-Augmented Generation for AI-Generated Content: A Surveycited by 352
- 2021BABEL: Bodies, Action and Behavior with English Labelscited by 261
- 2019Language2Pose: Natural Language Grounded Pose Forecastingcited by 257
- 2023TMR: Text-to-Motion Retrieval Using Contrastive 3D Human Motion Synthesiscited by 194
- 2021Synthesis of Compositional Animations from Textual Descriptionscited by 177
- 2022TEACH: Temporal Action Composition for 3D Humanscited by 173
- 2017Text2Action: Generative Adversarial Synthesis from Language to Actioncited by 106
- 2023FineMoGen: Fine-Grained Spatio-Temporal Motion Generation and Editingcited by 105
- 2023SINC: Spatial Composition of 3D Human Motions for Simultaneous Action Generationcited by 62
- 2023Prompt Switch: Efficient CLIP Adaptation for Text-Video Retrievalcited by 35
- 2022Action-GPT: Leveraging Large-scale Language Models for Improved and Generalized Action Generationcited by 28
- 2024A Cross-Dataset Study for Text-based 3D Human Motion Retrievalcited by 17
- 2024Tri-Modal Motion Retrieval by Learning a Joint Embedding Spacecited by 16
- 2021MUGL: Large Scale Multi Person Conditional Action Generation with Locomotioncited by 14
- 2022PSUMNet: Unified Modality Part Streams are All You Need for Efficient Pose-based Action Recognitioncited by 14
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Citing papers per year: 2025: 7; 2026: 4.
11 papers.
- 2025ReMoMask: Retrieval-Augmented Masked Motion Generationcited by 11
- 2025Unified Multi-Modal Interactive & Reactive 3D Motion Generation via Rectified Flowcited by 6
- 2025Retrievals Can Be Detrimental: Unveiling the Backdoor Vulnerability of Retrieval-Augmented Diffusion Modelscited by 5
- 2026Beyond Global Alignment: Fine-Grained Motion-Language Retrieval via Pyramidal Shapley-Taylor Learningcited by 4
- 2025MotionRAG-Diff: A Retrieval-Augmented Diffusion Framework for Long-Term Music-to-Dance Generationcited by 1
- 2025Generating Fit Check Videos with a Handheld Cameracited by 0
- 2025FashionPose: Unified Text-Driven Fashion Synthesis with Joint Geometric and Photometric Controlcited by 0
- 2025A Survey of Body and Face Motion: Datasets, Performance Evaluation Metrics and Generative Techniquescited by 0
- 2026ReMoMask-2: Latent Retrieval-Augmented Masked Motion Generationcited by 0
- 2026HUMAN-TCI: Hierarchical Multi-Stream Motion-Aware Network with Torso-Centered Interaction for Text-to-Motion Retrievalcited by 0
- 2026MindWorldBench: Evaluating Mental-State-to-Behavior Reasoning in Image-to-Video Generationcited by 0
- 2026MindWorldBench: Evaluating Mental-State-to-Behavior Reasoning in Image-to-Video Generation30 Sep 2026
- 2026HUMAN-TCI: Hierarchical Multi-Stream Motion-Aware Network with Torso-Centered Interaction for Text-to-Motion Retrieval28 Sep 2026
- 2026ReMoMask-2: Latent Retrieval-Augmented Masked Motion Generation8 Sep 2026
- 2026Beyond Global Alignment: Fine-Grained Motion-Language Retrieval via Pyramidal Shapley-Taylor Learning29 Jan 2026
- 2025A Survey of Body and Face Motion: Datasets, Performance Evaluation Metrics and Generative Techniques9 Dec 2025
- 2025Unified Multi-Modal Interactive & Reactive 3D Motion Generation via Rectified Flow28 Sep 2025
- 2025ReMoMask: Retrieval-Augmented Masked Motion Generation4 Aug 2025
- 2025FashionPose: Unified Text-Driven Fashion Synthesis with Joint Geometric and Photometric Control17 Jul 2025
- 2025MotionRAG-Diff: A Retrieval-Augmented Diffusion Framework for Long-Term Music-to-Dance Generation3 Jun 2025
- 2025Generating Fit Check Videos with a Handheld Camera29 May 2025
- 2025Retrievals Can Be Detrimental: Unveiling the Backdoor Vulnerability of Retrieval-Augmented Diffusion Models23 Jan 2025
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- 2025VimoRAG: Video-based Retrieval-augmented 3D Motion Generation for Motion Language Models
- 2023DiverseMotion: Towards Diverse Human Motion Generation via Discrete Diffusion
- 2024M2D2M: Multi-Motion Generation from Text with Discrete Diffusion Models
- 2025MOST: Motion Diffusion Model for Rare Text via Temporal Clip Banzhaf Interaction
- 2024RMD: A Simple Baseline for More General Human Motion Generation via Training-free Retrieval-Augmented Motion Diffuse
- 2023Priority-Centric Human Motion Generation in Discrete Latent Space
- 2023Fg-T2M: Fine-Grained Text-Driven Human Motion Generation via Diffusion Model
- 2023OMG: Towards Open-vocabulary Motion Generation via Mixture of Controllers