Motorcycle Motion analytics: replicating a PhD project with AI

In this experiment we replicated a motion analysis tool project from 2012. The original project involved a PhD in mathematics, and required many months of research. Using Claude and careful prompting, we replicated the research and reproduced the standalone app in a few days. Amazingly, Claude also automatically wrote import adaptors for a multitude of data file formats, including de-engineering undocumented formats and binary files, with zero human guidance.

The challenge

Developing an application with:

• complex mathematics
• extensive research
• graph libraries
• data format conversions

The original effort was 16 man months.

Re-develop with AI

• 3 days to 40% MVP readiness
• AI suitability: 100%

Technology

React + Tauri + Vite.

AI framework

Guided prompt engineering.