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This work presents a centralized multi-IMU filter framework with online intrinsic and extrinsic calibration for unsynchronized inertial measurement units that is robust against changes in calibration parameters. The novel EKF-based method…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-05 Jacob Hartzer , Srikanth Saripalli

Autonomous platforms require accurate positioning to complete their tasks. To this end, a Kalman filter-based algorithms, such as the extended Kalman filter or invariant Kalman filter, utilizing inertial and external sensor fusion are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Barak Diker , Itzik Klein

Pose estimation is a crucial problem in simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). However, developing a robust and consistent state estimator remains a significant challenge, as the traditional extended Kalman filter (EKF) struggles to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Anbo Tao , Yarong Luo , Chunxi Xia , Chi Guo , Xingxing Li

The common approach to inertial sensor calibration for navigation purposes has been to model the stochastic error signals of individual sensors independently, whether as components of a single inertial measurement unit (IMU) in different…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-10-02 Haotian Xu , Stéphane Guerrier , Roberto Molinari , Mucyo Karemera

Accurate estimation of the relative attitude and angular velocity between two rigid bodies is fundamental in aerospace applications such as spacecraft rendezvous and docking. In these scenarios, a chaser vehicle must determine the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-27 Gil Serrano , Bruno J. Guerreiro , Pedro Lourenço , Rita Cunha

This paper proposes an $SE_2(3)$ based extended Kalman filtering (EKF) framework for the inertial-integrated state estimation problem. The error representation using the straight difference of two vectors in the inertial navigation system…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-15 Yarong Luo , Chi Guo , Shengyong You , Jianlang Hu , Jingnan Liu

This paper proposes a unified mathematical framework for inertial measurement unit (IMU) preintegration in inertial-aided navigation system in different frames under different motion condition. The navigation state is precisely discretized…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-16 Yarong Luo , Yang Liu , Chi Guo , Jingnan Liu

Legged robots require knowledge of pose and velocity in order to maintain stability and execute walking paths. Current solutions either rely on vision data, which is susceptible to environmental and lighting conditions, or fusion of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-11-13 Ross Hartley , Maani Ghaffari , Ryan M. Eustice , Jessy W. Grizzle

A wide range of system models in modern robotics and avionics applications admit natural symmetries. Such systems are termed equivariant and the structure provided by the symmetry is a powerful tool in the design of observers. Significant…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-01 Robert Mahony , Tarek Hamel , Jochen Trumpf

The defects of the traditional strapdown inertial navigation algorithms become well acknowledged and the corresponding enhanced algorithms have been quite recently proposed trying to mitigate both theoretical and algorithmic defects. In…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-21 Hongyan Jiang , Maoran Zhu , Yuanxin Wu

Combining Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) with visual and inertial sensors can give smooth pose estimation without drifting. The fusion system gradually degrades to Visual-Inertial Odometry (VIO) with the number of satellites…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-13 Changwu Liu , Chen Jiang , Haowen Wang

An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a system that integrates acceleration and angular velocity readings from an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), along with other sensors such as Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) position, GNSS…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-21 Pieter van Goor , Tarek Hamel , Robert Mahony

Constructing model-agnostic group equivariant networks, such as equitune (Basu et al., 2023b) and its generalizations (Kim et al., 2023), can be computationally expensive for large product groups. We address this problem by providing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Razan Baltaji , Sourya Basu , Lav R. Varshney

While Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is often used to provide global positioning if available, its intermittency and/or inaccuracy calls for fusion with other sensors. In this paper, we develop a novel GNSS-Visual-Inertial…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-20 Jun Hu , Xiaoming Lang , Feng Zhang , Yinian Mao , Guoquan Huang

This paper introduces a generic filter-based state estimation framework that supports two state-decoupling strategies based on cross-covariance factorization. These strategies reduce the computational complexity and inherently support true…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Roland Jung , Luca Santoro , Davide Brunelli , Daniele Fontanelli , Stephan Weiss

We study how group symmetry helps improve data efficiency and generalization for end-to-end differentiable planning algorithms when symmetry appears in decision-making tasks. Motivated by equivariant convolution networks, we treat the path…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Linfeng Zhao , Xupeng Zhu , Lingzhi Kong , Robin Walters , Lawson L. S. Wong

Incorporating symmetry as an inductive bias into neural network architecture has led to improvements in generalization, data efficiency, and physical consistency in dynamics modeling. Methods such as CNNs or equivariant neural networks use…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-17 Rui Wang , Robin Walters , Rose Yu

MEMS Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) as ubiquitous proprioceptive motion measurement devices are available on various everyday gadgets and robotic platforms. Nevertheless, the direct inference of geometrical transformations or odometry…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-22 R. Khorrambakht , H. Damirchi , H. D. Taghirad

In recent years, deep learning techniques have shown great success in various tasks related to inverse problems, where a target quantity of interest can only be observed through indirect measurements by a forward operator. Common approaches…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-18 Matthias Beckmann , Nick Heilenkötter

Inertial navigation systems for pedestrians are infrastructure-less and can achieve sub-meter accuracy in the short/medium period. However, when low-cost inertial measurement units (IMU) are employed for their implementation, they suffer…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-03-30 Francesco Montorsi , Fabrizio Pancaldi , Giorgio M. Vitetta