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I used to work at a self-driving car company, and all the vehicle's motion was planned around how much jerk to apply. Your muscles are pretty good at applying
by soVeryTired 2y ago
I used to work at a self-driving car company, and all the vehicle's motion was planned around how much jerk to apply.
Your muscles are pretty good at applying a constant force (or responding to a constant acceleration). Hold your arm out straight: it's no effort to keep your arm still and counteract the force of gravity. Now imagine gravity varies quickly and randomly between 0.5g and 2g. I guarantee your arm won't stay still.
The same prinicple applies on a bus or in a car, except this time the forces are smaller, and it's your neck keeping your head still!
- amelius 2y agoOk, minimizing jerk makes sense, but how about snap and crackle? Because GP said: > (...) jerk, snap and crackle. Turns out if you minimize those, you get a far more comfortable ride.
- soVeryTired 2y agoSnap and crackle I couldn't tell you about. But jerk is definitely important.