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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

This paper proposes a learning method for denoising gyroscopes of Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) using ground truth data, and estimating in real time the orientation (attitude) of a robot in dead reckoning. The obtained algorithm…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-06-29 Martin Brossard , Silvere Bonnabel , Axel Barrau

Inertial localisation is an important technique as it enables ego-motion estimation in conditions where external observers are unavailable. However, low-cost inertial sensors are inherently corrupted by bias and noise, which lead to unbound…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-06 James Brotchie , Wenchao Li , Andrew D. Greentree , Allison Kealy

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

Learning-based inertial odometry has achieved remarkable progress in pedestrian navigation. However, extending these methods to quadruped robots remains challenging due to their distinct and highly dynamic motion patterns. Models that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Dehan Shen , Changhao Chen

In this paper we present an on-manifold sequence-to-sequence learning approach to motion estimation using visual and inertial sensors. It is to the best of our knowledge the first end-to-end trainable method for visual-inertial odometry…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-04-04 Ronald Clark , Sen Wang , Hongkai Wen , Andrew Markham , Niki Trigoni

This paper presents a novel method for visual-inertial odometry. The method is based on an information fusion framework employing low-cost IMU sensors and the monocular camera in a standard smartphone. We formulate a sequential inference…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-24 Arno Solin , Santiago Cortes , Esa Rahtu , Juho Kannala

Extensive research efforts have been dedicated to deep learning based odometry. Nonetheless, few efforts are made on the unsupervised deep lidar odometry. In this paper, we design a novel framework for unsupervised lidar odometry with the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-09-06 Yiming Tu , Jin Xie

Inertial navigation using low-cost MEMS sensors is plagued by rapid drift due to sensor noise and bias instability. While recent data-driven approaches have made significant strides, they often struggle with micro-drifts during stationarity…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Dapeng Feng , Yizhen Yin , Zhiqiang Chen , Yuhua Qi , Hongbo Chen

Employing an inertial measurement unit (IMU) as an additional sensor can dramatically improve both reliability and accuracy of visual/Lidar odometry (VO/LO). Different IMU integration models are introduced using different assumptions on the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-12-03 John Henawy , Zhengguo Li , Wei Yun Yau , Gerald Seet , Kong Wah Wan

Odometer has been proven to significantly improve the accuracy of the Global Navigation Satellite System / Inertial Navigation System (GNSS/INS) integrated vehicle navigation in GNSS-challenged environments. However, the odometer is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-08 Hailiang Tang , Xiaoji Niu , Tisheng Zhang , You Li , Jingnan Liu

In recent years, deep learning-based approaches for visual-inertial odometry (VIO) have shown remarkable performance outperforming traditional geometric methods. Yet, all existing methods use both the visual and inertial measurements for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-21 Mingyu Yang , Yu Chen , Hun-Seok Kim

Visual-inertial odometry (VIO) systems traditionally rely on filtering or optimization-based techniques for egomotion estimation. While these methods are accurate under nominal conditions, they are prone to failure during severe…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Brandon Wagstaff , Emmett Wise , Jonathan Kelly

Visual-Inertial Odometry (VIO) utilizes an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) to overcome the limitations of Visual Odometry (VO). However, the VIO for vehicles in large-scale outdoor environments still has some difficulties in estimating…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-08-15 Chang-Ryeol Lee , Kuk-Jin Yoon

Equivariance of neural networks to transformations helps to improve their performance and reduce generalization error in computer vision tasks, as they apply to datasets presenting symmetries (e.g. scalings, rotations, translations). The…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Mateus Sangalli , Samy Blusseau , Santiago Velasco-Forero , Jesus Angulo

With the rapid growth of bike sharing and the increasing diversity of cycling applications, accurate bicycle localization has become essential. traditional GNSS-based methods suffer from multipath effects, while existing inertial navigation…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Hao Qiao , Yan Wang , Shuo Yang , Xiaoyao Yu , Jian kuang , Xiaoji Niu

Visual-inertial odometry (VIO) has demonstrated remarkable success due to its low-cost and complementary sensors. However, existing VIO methods lack the generalization ability to adjust to different environments and sensor attributes. In…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Youqi Pan , Wugen Zhou , Yingdian Cao , Hongbin Zha

Visual-inertial odometry (VIO) is a vital technique used in robotics, augmented reality, and autonomous vehicles. It combines visual and inertial measurements to accurately estimate position and orientation. Existing VIO methods assume a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Dan Solodar , Itzik Klein

The miniaturization of inertial measurement units (IMUs) facilitates their widespread use in a growing number of application domains. Orientation estimation is a prerequisite for most further data processing steps in inertial motion…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-28 Daniel Laidig , Thomas Seel

Reliable radar inertial odometry (RIO) requires mitigating IMU bias drift, a challenge that intensifies in subterranean environments due to extreme temperatures and gravity-induced accelerations. Cost-effective IMUs such as the Pixhawk,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Moumita Mukherjee , Magnus Norén , Anton Koval , Avijit Banerjee , George Nikolakopoulos