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The paper presents a direct visual-inertial odometry system. In particular, a tightly coupled nonlinear optimization based method is proposed by integrating the recent advances in direct dense tracking and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-10-08 Wenju Xu , Dongkyu Choi , Guanghui Wang

We present an unsupervised deep neural network approach to the fusion of RGB-D imagery with inertial measurements for absolute trajectory estimation. Our network, dubbed the Visual-Inertial-Odometry Learner (VIOLearner), learns to perform…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-16 E. Jared Shamwell , Sarah Leung , William D. Nothwang

IMUs are gaining significant importance in the field of hand gesture analysis, trajectory detection and kinematic functional study. An Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) consists of tri-axial accelerometers and gyroscopes which can together be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-04 Karush Suri , Rinki Gupta

With the rapid development of wearable technology, devices like smartphones, smartwatches, and headphones equipped with IMUs have become essential for applications such as pedestrian positioning. However, traditional pedestrian dead…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-13 Lan Sun , Songpengcheng Xia , Junyuan Deng , Jiarui Yang , Zengyuan Lai , Qi Wu , Ling Pei

Inertial Odometry (IO) has gained attention in quadrotor applications due to its sole reliance on inertial measurement units (IMUs), attributed to its lightweight design, low cost, and robust performance across diverse environments.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Jiahao Cui , Feng Yu , Linzuo Zhang , Yu Hu , Danping Zou

This paper presents the large and diverse dataset for development of smartphone-based pedestrian navigation algorithms. This dataset consists of about 1200 sets of inertial measurements from sensors of several smartphones. The measurements…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-20 Andrey Bayev , Ilya Gartseev , Ivan Chistyakov , Alexey Nikulin , Alexey Derevyankin , Mikhail Pikhletsky

Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) has long been a dream for stable and reliable motion estimation, especially in indoor environments where GPS strength limits. In this paper, we propose a novel method for position and orientation estimation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Yingying Wang , Hu Cheng , Max Q. H. Meng

Inertial sensors are crucial for recognizing pedestrian activity. Recent advances in deep learning have greatly improved inertial sensing performance and robustness. Different domains and platforms use deep-learning techniques to enhance…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Zeev Yampolsky , Ofir Kruzel , Victoria Khalfin Fekson , Itzik Klein

Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are fundamental sensing components in multi-source integrated navigation systems, and their performance directly determines the accuracy and reliability of solutions. However, the precision of low-cost IMUs…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Jiarui Lv , Feng Zhu , Xiaohong Zhang

We demonstrate a novel deep neural network capable of reconstructing human full body pose in real-time from 6 Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) worn on the user's body. In doing so, we address several difficult challenges. First, the…

Graphics · Computer Science 2018-10-12 Yinghao Huang , Manuel Kaufmann , Emre Aksan , Michael J. Black , Otmar Hilliges , Gerard Pons-Moll

The development and evaluation of Lidar-Inertial Odometry (LIO) and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) systems requires a precise ground truth. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is often used as a foundation for this,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Aaron Kurda , Simon Steuernagel , Lukas Jung , Marcus Baum

An inertial navigation system (INS) utilizes three orthogonal accelerometers and gyroscopes to determine platform position, velocity, and orientation. There are countless applications for INS, including robotics, autonomous platforms, and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-26 Zeev Yampolsky , Yair Stolero , Nitzan Pri-Hadash , Dan Solodar , Shira Massas , Itai Savin , Itzik Klein

Inertial sensing is used in many applications and platforms, ranging from day-to-day devices such as smartphones to very complex ones such as autonomous vehicles. In recent years, the development of machine learning and deep learning…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Nadav Cohen , Itzik Klein

This paper presents an self-supervised deep learning network for monocular visual inertial odometry (named DeepVIO). DeepVIO provides absolute trajectory estimation by directly merging 2D optical flow feature (OFF) and Inertial Measurement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-01 Liming Han , Yimin Lin , Guoguang Du , Shiguo Lian

In this paper we propose a novel accurate method for dead-reckoning of wheeled vehicles based only on an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). In the context of intelligent vehicles, robust and accurate dead-reckoning based on the IMU may prove…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-04-15 Martin Brossard , Axel Barrau , Silvère Bonnabel

Recently, data-driven inertial navigation approaches have demonstrated their capability of using well-trained neural networks to obtain accurate position estimates from inertial measurement units (IMU) measurements. In this paper, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-22 Bingbing Rao , Ehsan Kazemi , Yifan Ding , Devu M Shila , Frank M. Tucker , Liqiang Wang

Ankle exoskeletons have garnered considerable interest for their potential to enhance mobility and reduce fall risks, particularly among the aging population. The efficacy of these devices relies on accurate real-time prediction of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-26 Silas Ruhrberg Estévez , Josée Mallah , Dominika Kazieczko , Chenyu Tang , Luigi G. Occhipinti

The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) applications, such as driverless cars, have a growing demand for high-precision positioning and navigation. Nowadays, LiDAR inertial odometry becomes increasingly prevalent in robotics and autonomous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Chengwei Zhao , Kun Hu , Jie Xu , Lijun Zhao , Baiwen Han , Kaidi Wu , Maoshan Tian , Shenghai Yuan

In past few years we have observed an increase in the usage of RGBD sensors in mobile devices. These sensors provide a good estimate of the depth map for the camera frame, which can be used in numerous augmented reality applications. This…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Abhishek Tyagi , Yangwen Liang , Shuangquan Wang , Dongwoon Bai

Inertial odometry (IO) relies exclusively on signals from an inertial measurement unit (IMU) for localization and offers a promising avenue for consumer grade positioning. However, accurate modeling of the nonlinear motion patterns present…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-17 Shanshan Zhang , Siyue Wang , Tianshui Wen , Liqin Wu , Qi Zhang , Ziheng Zhou , Ao Peng , Xuemin Hong , Lingxiang Zheng , Yu Yang