Limitations of attitude estimnation algorithms for inertial/magnetic sensor modules - Investigating the effects of magnetic variations on inertial/magnetic orientation sensors

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 76-87

  Bachmann, Eric R ^a   Yun, Xiaoping ^b   Brumfield, Anne ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Inertial sensors; Magnetic fields; Magnetometers; Motion measurement; Optical tracking; Orientation estimation

Indexed keywords

INERTIAL SENSORS; MAGNETIC VARIATIONS; MOTION MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL TRACKING;

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETOMETERS;

MAGNETIC SENSORS;

EID: 35348840347     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2007.901320     Document Type: Article

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