Comparison of MEMS-based and FOG-based IMUs to determine sensor pose on an unmanned aircraft system

Journal of Surveying Engineering

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Gautam, Deepak ^a   Lucieer, Arko ^a   Malenovský, Zbyněk ^b   Watson, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Fiberoptic gyroscope (FOG); Global navigation satellite system (GNSS); Inertial measurement units (IMUs); Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); Pose; Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GYROSCOPES; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMECHANICS; NAVIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

ACCURACY; FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); POSE; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSOR; AIRCRAFT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GNSS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 85018950787     PISSN: 07339453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000225     Document Type: Article

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