• DocumentCode
    2610108
  • Title

    A comparative evaluation of low-cost IMUs for unmanned autonomous systems

  • Author

    Chao, Haiyang ; Coopmans, Calvin ; Di, Long ; Chen, YangQuan

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Utah State Univ., Logan, UT, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-7 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    211
  • Lastpage
    216
  • Abstract
    Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are widely used for navigation and calibration purposes on unmanned autonomous vehicles. This paper provides a comparative survey and evaluation of the low-cost IMUs focusing on both the possible sensor packages and the available software solutions. Several example IMUs are compared in detail including inertial only IMUs, GPS-coupled IMUs, and hobbyist-level IMUs. The future direction of low-cost IMUs are discussed including optical-flow-based solutions and collaborative IMUs.
  • Keywords
    image sequences; mobile robots; path planning; remotely operated vehicles; GPS coupled IMU; hobbyist level IMU; inertial measurement unit; low cost IMU; optical flow based solution; sensor package; unmanned autonomous system; unmanned autonomous vehicles navigation; Accelerometers; Equations; Estimation; Global Positioning System; Kalman filters; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI), 2010 IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Salt Lake City, UT
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5424-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MFI.2010.5604460
  • Filename
    5604460