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

IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 211-216

  Chao, Haiyang ^a   Coopmans, Calvin ^a   Di, Long ^a   Chen, Yang Quan ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; SENSOR PACKAGES; SOFTWARE SOLUTION; UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES;

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 78649286930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MFI.2010.5604460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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