Dyadic Mamba: Long-term Dyadic Human Motion Synthesis
On the map: State-space sequence models (S4, Mamba) → Video, motion and generative Mamba models
Abstract (arXiv)
Generating realistic dyadic human motion from text descriptions presents significant challenges, particularly for extended interactions that exceed typical training sequence lengths. While recent transformer-based approaches have shown promising results for short-term dyadic motion synthesis, they struggle with longer sequences due to inherent limitations in positional encoding schemes. In this paper, we introduce Dyadic Mamba, a novel approach that leverages State-Space Models (SSMs) to generate high-quality dyadic human motion of arbitrary length. Our method employs a simple yet effective architecture that facilitates information flow between individual motion sequences through concatenation, eliminating the need for complex cross-attention mechanisms. We demonstrate that Dyadic Mamba achieves competitive performance on standard short-term benchmarks while significantly outperforming transformer-based approaches on longer sequences. Additionally, we propose a new benchmark for evaluating long-term motion synthesis quality, providing a standardized framework for future research. Our results demonstrate that SSM-based architectures offer a promising direction for addressing the challenging task of long-term dyadic human motion synthesis from text descriptions.
Key facts. Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Video, motion and generative Mamba models, one of 10 directions in State-space sequence models (S4, Mamba). Builds on 41 of its 50 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 14 May 2025.
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