Joint-angle measurement using accelerometers and gyroscopes - A survey

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 404-414

  Cheng, Peng ^a   Oelmann, Bengt ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceleration measurement; Gyroscopes; Industrial electronics; Intelligent sensors; Manipulator kinematics; Microelectromechanical devices

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR ACCURACY; ANGULAR ERRORS; ANGULAR SENSOR; CONTACT LESS; INERTIAL SENSING; INTELLIGENT SENSORS; MANIPULATOR KINEMATICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NOISE LEVELS; RIGID BODY; ROBOT ARMS; SENSOR CALIBRATION; SENSOR COMBINATIONS;

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTS; GYROSCOPES; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SMART SENSORS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 76149085497     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2024367     Document Type: Article

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