Juggling Dynamics

Event Date:
2021-11-04T16:00:00
2021-11-04T17:00:00
Event Location:
Connect via zoom
Speaker:
Troy Shinbrot (Rutgers) and Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse (Cornell)
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Intended Audience:
Undergraduate
Local Contact:

Douglas Scott

Event Information:

Our work explores jugglers' dependence on muscle memory and dynamical prediction. If every throw is considered to be an independent event, there exist juggling patterns in which the reaction time required to make successive catches and the precision needed to make perfect throws exceeds human capabilities. Using simulations with Gaussian deviations applied to throw angles and velocities, we reinforce this claim and compare the stability of various juggling patterns known as siteswaps.  We show that throw angles and velocities affect very distinct aspects of juggling performance, and we obtain criteria on each that are needed to avoid juggling failures.

Add to Calendar 2021-11-04T16:00:00 2021-11-04T17:00:00 Juggling Dynamics Event Information: Our work explores jugglers' dependence on muscle memory and dynamical prediction. If every throw is considered to be an independent event, there exist juggling patterns in which the reaction time required to make successive catches and the precision needed to make perfect throws exceeds human capabilities. Using simulations with Gaussian deviations applied to throw angles and velocities, we reinforce this claim and compare the stability of various juggling patterns known as siteswaps.  We show that throw angles and velocities affect very distinct aspects of juggling performance, and we obtain criteria on each that are needed to avoid juggling failures. Event Location: Connect via zoom