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Re: Motion Profiling

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
Attached is a sample graph generated with the script for max accel = 6.3 ft/sec2 and time-to-distance = 3 seconds.

The vehicle goes from x=0, v=0, a=0, and jerk=13.2 at t=0
to x=9, v=0, a=0, and jerk=13.2 at t=3 seconds.
For comparison, here's a plot using trapezoidal accel, with the same max accel, jerk, and time-to-distance.

The vehicle goes from x=0, v=0, a=0, and jerk=13.2 at t=0
to x=9.7, v=0, a=0, and jerk=13.2 at t=3 seconds.
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