... a general multi-position in which sensors are placed in more than six positions; hence, calibration accuracy was increased. Today, MEMS accelerometers have found wide applications in a variety of industries and devices such as robotics, aeronautics, medicine, pedestrian navigation, mobile, tablet, etc...

...Ravinder Singh; Kuldeep Singh Nagla Purpose The purpose of this research is to provide the necessarily and resourceful information regarding range sensors to select the best fit sensor for robust autonomous navigation. Autonomous navigation is an emerging segment in the field of mobile robot...

... vector θ-; magnitude of wideband noise of magnetometer; and rolling coverage locus of magnetometer measurement. Positioning Aerospace Navigation Calibration Magnetic sensor Error analysis Magnetic field compensation Recursive least square where A = C s   − 1...

... recent methods. Experimental results demonstrate that the detected vanishing point is practical for vision-sensor-based navigation in complex unstructured road scenes. Originality/value This paper proposes a patch-wise manifold ranking method to estimate the drivable region that contains most...

...Hui Li; Cheng Zhong Purpose This study aims to find a feasible precise navigation model for the planed Lunar rover. Autonomous navigation is one of the most important missions in the Chinese Lunar exploration project. Machine vision is expected to be a promising option for this mission because...

...Christian Ivancsits; Min‐Fan Ricky Lee Purpose This paper aims to address three major issues in the development of a vision‐based navigation system for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) which can be characterized as follows: technical constraints, robust image feature matching and an efficient...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Navigation Vehicles Keywords: Navigation, Vehicles Applicant: Nippon Seiki Co. Ltd, JapanPatent number:EP1152219Publication date: 7 November 2001Title:Vehicle Navigation Device This invention relates...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Navigation Fibre optics KVH wins $1.5 million contract for hand-held fiber optic gyro training simulator Keywords: Navigation, Fibre optics KVH Industries has announced a $1.5 million contract award for the production of E•Core™ fiber...

... grid array. The new system is cheaper and simpler than available systems for powered wheelchairs. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Teleoperation Ultrasonic Navigation Sensors There is now considerable interest in the use of ultrasonic technology as a means for spatial sensing...

... image of the scene at the same time. Lasers Cameras Navigation Automated control of processes like navigation, rendezvous and docking of spacecrafts, collision avoidance and navigation of mobile rovers for planetary research missions as well as manipulation and navigation of mobile robotic...

... and require long pulse sequences. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Navigation Sonar Ultrasonic Each of the two sonar sensors has a single transmitter and two separate receivers implemented with Polaroid 7000 electrostatic transducers (see Figure 1). Although it is possible to use a single...

... speeds up to 2m/s. Lasers Navigation Subsea 3D Underwater visual observation and documentation is severely limited by light absorption and scattering owing to suspended particles in natural water. Conventional underwater video and photographic systems do not have an adequate range...

...A Bensrhair; P Miche; R Debrie Describes current research work into the design of a 3‐D vision sensor for use in the field of robot navigation and autonomous vehicles. Outlines the development of a stereo vision system which uses fast data processing to extract feature points in the stereo images...