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Inertial sensors are widely used in a variety of applications. A common task is orientation estimation. To tackle such a task, attitude and heading reference system algorithms are applied. Relying on the gyroscope readings, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-03 Aleksei Zakharchenko , Sharon Farber , Itzik Klein

Inertial measurement unit (IMU) and odometer have been commonly-used sensors for autonomous land navigation in the global positioning system (GPS)-denied scenarios. This paper systematically proposes a versatile strategy for self-contained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2014-09-04 Yuanxin Wu

Calibration errors in the response function of a gravitational wave detector degrade its ability to detect and then to measure the properties of any detected signals. This paper derives the needed levels of calibration accuracy for each of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 Lee Lindblom

Linear Hall sensors are a cost-effective alternative to optical encoders for measuring the rotor positions of actuators, with the main challenge being that they exhibit position-dependent inaccuracies resulting from manufacturing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-08 Max van Meer , Marijn van Noije , Koen Tiels , Enzo Evers , Lennart Blanken , Gert Witvoet , Tom Oomen

We study two hybridization algorithms used for the combination of a quantum inertial sensor based on atom interferometry with a classical inertial sensor for onboard acceleration measurements. The first is based on the direct extraction of…

Inertial navigation systems (INS) are widely used in almost any operational environment, including aviation, marine, and land vehicles. Inertial measurements from accelerometers and gyroscopes allow the INS to estimate position, velocity,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Daniel Engelsman , Yair Stolero , Itzik Klein

Magneto-inductive navigation is an inexpensive and easily deployable solution to many of today's navigation problems. By utilizing very low frequency magnetic fields, magneto-inductive technology circumvents the problems with attenuation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-19 Johan Wahlström , Manon Kok , Pedro Porto Buarque de Gusmao , Traian E. Abrudan , Niki Trigoni , Andrew Markham

The paper is devoted to the geometrical calibration of industrial robots employed in precise manufacturing. To identify geometric parameters, an advanced calibration technique is proposed that is based on the non-linear experiment design…

Robotics · Computer Science 2012-11-29 Alexandr Klimchik , Anatol Pashkevich , Yier Wu , Benoît Furet , Stéphane Caro

Multimodal sensor fusion enables robust environmental perception by leveraging complementary information from heterogeneous sensing modalities. However, accurate calibration is a critical prerequisite for effective fusion. This paper…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Qiyang Lyu , Wei Wang , Zhenyu Wu , Hongming Shen , Huiqin Zhou , Danwei Wang

We demonstrate identification of position, material, orientation and shape of objects imaged by an $^{85}$Rb atomic magnetometer performing electromagnetic induction imaging supported by machine learning. Machine learning maximizes the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Cameron Deans , Lewis D. Griffin , Luca Marmugi , Ferruccio Renzoni

Synchronisation of wireless inertial measurement units in human movement analysis is often achieved using event-based synchronisation techniques. However, these techniques lack precise event generation and accuracy. An inaccurate…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-02 Andreas Spilz , Michael Munz

Nowadays, sensors play a major role in several contexts like science, industry and daily life which benefit of their use. However, the retrieved information must be reliable. Anomalies in the behavior of sensors can give rise to critical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-26 Luis J. Muñoz-Molina , Ignacio Cazorla-Piñar , Juan P. Dominguez-Morales , Fernando Perez-Peña

In order to meet the theoretically achievable imaging performance, calibration of modern radio interferometers is a mandatory challenge, especially at low frequencies. In this perspective, we propose a novel parallel iterative…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-09 Martin Brossard , Mohammed Nabil El Korso , Marius Pesavento , Rémy Boyer , Pascal Larzabal , Stefan J. Wijnholds

This study aims to investigate the utilization of Bayesian techniques for the calibration of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers. These devices have garnered substantial interest in various practical applications and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-13 Oliver Dürr , Po-Yu Fan , Zong-Xian Yin

A calibration procedure for calibrations of triaxial magnetometers is presented. The procedure uses a triaxial Helmholtz coil system and an Overhauser scalar magnetometer and is performed in the Earth's field range. The triaxial coils are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-09-23 Ales Zikmund , Michal Janosek , Michal Ulvr , Jan Kupec

Visual-Inertial (VI) sensors are popular in robotics, self-driving vehicles, and augmented and virtual reality applications. In order to use them for any computer vision or state-estimation task, a good calibration is essential. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-27 Christopher L. Choi , Binbin Xu , Stefan Leutenegger

This paper investigates calibration of sensor arrays in the radio astronomy context. Current and future radio telescopes require computationally efficient algorithms to overcome the new technical challenges as large collecting area, wide…

Applications · Statistics 2018-07-31 Virginie Ollier , Mohammed Nabil El Korso , André Ferrari , Rémy Boyer , Pascal Larzabal

We make two contributions to the problem of estimating the $L_1$ calibration error of a binary classifier from a finite dataset. First, we provide an upper bound for any classifier where the calibration function has bounded variation.…

The calibration of (low-cost) inertial sensors has become increasingly important over the past years since their use has grown exponentially in many applications going from unmanned aerial vehicle navigation to 3D-animation. However, this…

Applications · Statistics 2016-07-22 James Balamuta , Stephane Guerrier , Roberto Molinari , Wenchao Yang

The paper discusses the improvement of the accuracy of an inertial navigation system created on the basis of MEMS sensors using machine learning (ML) methods. As input data for the classifier, we used infor-mation obtained from a developed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Aleksandr N. Grekov , Aleksei A. Kabanov , Sergei Yu. Alekseev