# CMU Graphics Lab Motion Capture Database — card for AI agents

Free library of 2605 human motion capture trials in ASF/AMC and C3D formats, with MPG and AVI renders.

Category: Animation and motion capture · maker Carnegie Mellon University CMU Graphics Lab · checked 2026-10-15

## Price
- Price: Free
- Free tier: All data free for all uses

## License
CMU Mocap free-use terms (no formal license name) — http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu

- commercial: **conditions** (Commercial use with conditions)
  > You may include this data in commercially-sold products, but you may not resell this data directly, even in converted form.
  (http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu)
- attribution: **no** (No credit needed)
  > If you publish results obtained using this data, we would appreciate it if you would send the citation
  (http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu)
- in app: **yes** (Can ship inside your app)
  > You may include this data in commercially-sold products
  (http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu)
- bots: **banned**
  > Please don't crawl this database for all motions.
  (http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu/faqs.php)

## Rules to follow
- Do not resell the data directly, even in converted form.
- Do not crawl the site; download the full-database zip files from the FAQ page instead.
- Add to acknowledgments: 'The data used in this project was obtained from mocap.cs.cmu.edu. The database was created with funding from NSF EIA-0196217.'
- Smooth the noisy toe and hand joints, and ignore the finger and thumb joint data.

## How an agent gets files
- Download the full-database zip files listed on the FAQ page (allasfamc.zip for ASF/AMC; C3D zips split by subject; MPG and AVI zips) instead of crawling (sign-in: none)
- Formats: asf, amc, c3d, mpg, avi
- Credit line: `The data used in this project was obtained from mocap.cs.cmu.edu. The database was created with funding from NSF EIA-0196217.`
- Not allowed: Do not resell the data directly, even in converted form.
- Not allowed: Do not crawl the site; use the zip files from the FAQ page.
- Not allowed: The toe and hand joints are noisy and may need smoothing.
- Not allowed: The data is provided without any quality guarantee.

Note on bots: the terms ban bots, scrapers and bulk downloading from the site. Do not script downloads from it; ask the user to download the files (or use the official API, if there is one) and add them to the project.

## How to connect
- Download only
- Website: http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu

## Notes
Added automatically: a well-known source in its category. License read from the official pages.

## Lines to paste into your prompt or AGENTS.md

```
- CMU Graphics Lab Motion Capture Database (Animation and motion capture). Free library of 2605 human motion capture trials in ASF/AMC and C3D formats, with MPG and AVI renders. Price: free; commercial use with conditions; no credit needed; no bots or bulk downloading (get files by hand or through the official API, if there is one).
  Connect: download from http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu (no API).
  Get files: Download the full-database zip files listed on the FAQ page (allasfamc.zip for ASF/AMC; C3D zips split by subject; MPG and AVI zips) instead of crawling (asf, amc, c3d, mpg, avi).
  Credit line: The data used in this project was obtained from mocap.cs.cmu.edu. The database was created with funding from NSF EIA-0196217.
  Not allowed: Do not resell the data directly, even in converted form.
  Not allowed: Do not crawl the site; use the zip files from the FAQ page.
  Not allowed: The toe and hand joints are noisy and may need smoothing.
  Not allowed: The data is provided without any quality guarantee.
  Rule: Do not resell the data directly, even in converted form.
  Rule: Do not crawl the site; download the full-database zip files from the FAQ page instead.
  Rule: Add to acknowledgments: 'The data used in this project was obtained from mocap.cs.cmu.edu. The database was created with funding from NSF EIA-0196217.'
  Rule: Smooth the noisy toe and hand joints, and ignore the finger and thumb joint data.
  License: http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu (checked 2026-10-15; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/cmu-graphics-lab-motion-capture-database/)
```

## Links
- AgentGid page: https://agentgid.com/assets/cmu-graphics-lab-motion-capture-database/
- Is it free for commercial use? https://agentgid.com/assets/cmu-graphics-lab-motion-capture-database/commercial-use/
- Source: http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu
- Source: http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu/faqs.php

---
AgentGid's catalog is curated: every entry was checked against the maker's official pages (registry, repository, license and pricing pages) on the date shown; a license value shows the quote it stands on wherever AgentGid has one. Usage numbers come from AgentGid's own scan of public repositories set up for AI coding agents. Claims by makers are reported, not tested by AgentGid.