Questions tagged [accelerometer]
Accelerometer is a sensor that measures acceleration.
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ADXL 345 Y acceleration "spikes" after sometimes in use
I'm using an ADXL345 accelerometer on a mower robot I'm refurbishing to check bumps on obstacles and tilt. In my case the Y axis is oriented down, so I read a value around -240 that is about 1g as ...
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Estimating camera tilt from static IMU accelerometer for image homography
I have a camera with a built-in IMU. The IMU axes are aligned with the camera frame (OpenCV convention: X right, Y down, Z forward). The camera is mounted facing the ground with an unknown tilt.
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how to start with the motionfx?
I am using the lsm6dso ic for my project in stm32> Can anyone who have worked on the lsm6dso please tell me how to get started with the motion fx and how to get the euler angles?
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What possible sensors can be used in a digital pen and what algorithms would be suitable if the letter recognition is not needed?
I have a project regrading a smart electronic pen and for that I need to know what possible sensors can be used , I don't want any letter recognition and just proper sketching through with just ...
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Obtaining UAV flight trajectory from accelerometer and gyro data
I have an accelerometer and gyro scope data logged from several drone flights. I want to obtain flight trajectories from this data. I am considerably new to robotics. But from what I read, I ...
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IMU frame transfer to body frame
I am just wondering how do we transfer IMU readings to Body frame? Especially, linear speed and acceleration.
In following diagram, the IMU is mounted on one of the surfaces of the body (you can ...
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Calculation of IMU offset for Placement of Inertial measurement unit away from centre of mass
I am working on a 6DOF IMU that contains a 3-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis gyroscope. I am building a project to plot the position and orientation of a vehicle/dirt bike in a 3d plane. However, the ...
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accelerometer and gyroscope fusion using extended kalman filter
I'm working on my graduation project which is characterizing human body posture. I'm using IMU so I get measurements from the accelerometer and gyroscope and I'm wealing to fuse these two filters so I ...
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Center of gravity offset for accelerometer and gyroscope readings
I am working on a 6DOF IMU that contains a 3 Axis Accelerometer and a 3 Axis Gyroscope.
I am building a project to plot the position and orientation of the turret/cabin in a crane in 3D space.
The IMU ...
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Opposite direction of rotation calculated by Gyro and Accelerometer
I have just started learning how to fuse the data measured by the gyro and accelerometer to estimate the attitude of an IMU in Matlab. I have no problem estimating or understanding the Euler angles ...
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Get rotation of IMU data snapshot
I received snippets of data of an IMU with 9 DoF in motion. For these I wanted to get their rotation by angles relative to the earth frame. My goal is to receive ...
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remove gravity from acceleration on Myo armband IMU measurements
I'm working with the Myo armband through the myo_ros package. The device is able to provide IMU measurements comprising orientation, linear acceleration and angular velocity. The orientation is ...
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Math for video stabilization per axis translation with Accelerometer not gyro [closed]
Moth stabilization math is around gyro based sensors (pitch, roll and yaw) however they cant correct per axis movement. But in many phones digital stabilization methods uses accelorometer to do that. ...
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Mapping IMU readings from body frame to navigation frame
I'm trying to combine IMU displacements with the time of flight sensor readings in order to navigate through the indoor environment with a non-linear Kalman filter variant. In the graphic below, I ...
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Aligning accelerometer readings with vehicle's frame of reference
I have a device with an accelerometer installed in a vehicle. Its orientation in relation to the vehicle is unknown. So I am looking for a reliable way to align the coordinate system of the ...