Tutorial

Navigation Using Inertial Sensors

Volume Number:
30
Issue Number:
2
Pages:
Starting page
42
Ending page
69
Publication Date:
Publication Date
February 2015
Author(s)
Paul D. Groves

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Abstract

This tutorial provides an introduction to navigation using inertial sensors, explaining the underlying principles. Topics covered include accelerometer and gyroscope technology and their characteristics, strapdown inertial navigation, attitude determination, integration and alignment, zero updates, motion constraints, pedestrian dead reckoning using step detection, and fault detection.