Questions tagged [imu]
Inertial Measurement Unit
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Can robot_localization package work well with just an IMU and a GPS?
Can robot-localization work with IMU and GPS for accurate localization? I have a highly accurate RTK-GPS. Is there a way to create the ekf config file such that the GPS data is used along with the IMU ...
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IMU frame transfer to body frame
I am just wondering how do we transfer IMU readings to Body frame? Especially, linear speed and acceleration.
In following diagram, the IMU is mounted on one of the surfaces of the body (you can ...
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IMU frame to body frame
I am thinking about this problem:
My IMU is centered at point O, and my structural body is centered at point p. Points O and P are two points on a rigid body. Point P is always moving and its motion/...
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ROS2 control, how do I configure the IMU sensor broadcaster in the controller yaml?
So I've managed to implement the hardware interface/abstraction for the imu that is connected to an Arduino mega. Now I have to implement a controller and the one I'd like to use (its the only for imu)...
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Confirm ROS2 (Humble) IMU node working correctly?
I recently added an MPU9250 9dof IMU to my robot and configured ros2_mpu9250_driver
How can I confirm the IMU and ROS2 node are working correctly, and the orientation output is configured correctly.
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Localisation without GPS: BNO055 vs BMI088 / other IMU
I am working on a robot for navigating confined spaces that are GPS denied, I have to navigate a 300mm square concrete tube. This is a prototype/proof of concept work and I don't have a ton of sensor ...
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How to launch rtabmap_ros?
I have been following the Nav2 tutorial when I reached the robot_localization part and decided to launch rtabmap using a Kinect rgbd camera for map generation
I found this schema which I need to ...
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How to use smartphone IMU in ROS?
I would like to get the IMU sensors (accelerometer and gyroscope) on my android smartphone to be usable in ROS running on my laptop so I can use it with SLAM.
What would be the best way to go about ...
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Is there a way to do a 3D map only with a 2D Lidar and IMU sensor in ros2?
I'm working in ros2 humble with a 2D lidar and an IMU sensor and I'm willing to do a 3D mapping with this things. I have already done a 2D mapping using RF2O pkg (that gives me an odometry only with ...
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Fusing pressure/depth sensor/IMU for Nav2
Can I fuse a depth sensor or a pressure sensor's readings with imu to publish /odom (odometry) in Nav2 stack? I don't have wheel encoders in my robot, and I don't know what to use. Any resources?
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Im using a BNO055 In the IMU operation mode, but i can only get it to display 0's
Ive read the data sheet but cant find much info there, but when I try to get IMU to give me euler data (yaw,pitch,roll).
It gives me not accurate numbers for euler data and i cant use the adafruit ...
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Run navsat_transform_node without odometry
My (marine) robot has GNSS and and IMU, but no means to measure odometry (which is an estimate of local motion afaik)
I am looking for my robot's state expressed as tf2 in a predefined local, world-...
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position estimation using imu
I have an Inertial Navigation System (INS) that publishes position information in GPS and UTM formats. I have mounted the device on a robot. My objective is to move the robot from location A to ...
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Finding North direction from magnetometer and accelerometer fusion
I was understanding accelerometer and gyro sensor fusion from this video. At time 3:56, Brian says:
To get north, we need to do some cross products. We can start with our measured mag (magnetometer) ...
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Robot localization (IMU + GPS) position Without GPS
I would like to get the GPS position based on the received GPS and the IMU that is at work (base_link). But I would like GPS to be calculated and when the real GPS disappears, that is, calculations ...
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ROS2 SLAM without Lidar
I am trying to implement SLAM and robot localization for my ROV - remotely operated underwater vehicle- without using lidar. nor wheel encoders since the rov's movement uses T200 thrusters and not ...
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Understanding reprojection error / visual residual in ORB-SLAM3
I am trying to understand ORB-SLAM3 paper. It gives visual residual / reprojectio error equation as follows:
$$r_{ij}=u_{ij}-\prod(T_{CB}T^{-1}_i\oplus x_j)$$
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$r_{ij}$ is reprojection error ...
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EKF node do not publish imu data but publish odometry. Humble
I'm new using the robot localization package as you will see on my question below:
I'm using Humble with a Differential robot with 2 encoders and IMU wheeltec 9dof. I also have a GNSS but I wont ...
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Converting IMU random walk, bias instability to stddev, bias stddev, etc
I am trying to create an accurate IMU model in Gazebo based off of a real IMU that I am using.
The Gyro specs are:
Bias instability: 3.5 degrees/hr
Angular random walk: 0.1 degrees/sqrt(hr)
The ...
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Observability of Gravity in SLAM
A number of SLAM systems only optimize over 4 variables(location and yaw) as they argue gravity is observable which constrains roll and pitch.
I don't understand this argument since in theory you ...
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Setting frame of IMU message in Gazebo Fortress
I am trying to setup a robot in Gazebo Fortress, under ROS2 Humble in Ubuntu 22.04.
This robot has 6 wheels, a lidar and an IMU. I have setup the xacro files and I am able to spawn the robot into ...
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The Rotation of an IMU is no propagated to other link in RVIZ
I'm trying to make an stl file rotate into Rviz2 following the quaternion given by an IMU.
My TFtree is described as in the following picture.
I publish my data from the IMU in the same file as the ...
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Do i need an odometry input for robot_localization with only IMU data?
I am now working to receive data from an IMU and then publish the transformation for SLAM with Lidar, using the robot_localization package for filter, and i will fuse this IMU with encoder later. I ...
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High frequency robot-localization output when fusing GNSS + IMU
I'm in the process of tuning a robot-localization package parameters in my sensor-fusion ROS2 package.
I have a dataset from various sensors mounted on a vehicle (IMU, GNSS, Lidar, Rgb Cameras, Radar, ...
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Robot Localization does not keep constant trajectory despite rotation-only input with IMU only
I am trying to figure out why the ROS robot localization is giving me weird results from estimating motion for IMU only. It seems that when the robot is moving with constant velocity and a change in ...
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Adjust bearing knowing initial and last coordinate in dead reckoning
I am working with IMU data (accelerometer, magnetometer and gyroscope) in order to estimate the path done by the object that contained the IMU. I am using dead reckoning for this. I am trying to ...
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Why is the noise density of an gyro sensor is represented as (rad/s)/sqrt(Hz) not (rad/s)/Hz
Have been wondering about this always and finally, my curiosity overcame my laziness.
I thought the unit for a noise density should be (rad/s)/Hz as the noise density is simply divided by the sampling ...
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Gazebo Garden: change noise characteristics of IMU sensor
I am compiling Gazebo from source on my Ubuntu 22.04 Mac M1 Parallels VM.
I am wondering how I can change the noise characteristics (like standard deviation) of the default IMU sensor in Gazebo Garden....
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Fusing GPS+IMU without heading or odom measurements
I need to fuse GPS+IMU to make a trajectory I can refer to in post processing, hopefully with velocity estimates as well.
I was looking into the robot_localization ...
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UM7 Orientation Sensor IMU not Publishing at 255 Hz. It is around 20-45 Hz, How to fix?
I really want to ask you about the UM7 Orientation Sensor we purchased. We want so much to use the UM7 in our research.
As it is mentioned on the Pololu website, the IMU transmits data using human-...
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IMU sensor Vectornav VN100 driver doesn't post any INS messages
I've already posted the same question on the GitHub page of the VectorNAV driver: github.com/dawonn/vectornav/issues/128 But no luck, noone gets back to me, looks like the branch isn't in much support ...
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Heading estimation for differential drive robot
My robot fried its BNO055 IMU, (which never gave the heading estimation improvement I sought), so I am investigating my options. I noticed the ROS 2 iRobot Create uses wheel encoders, an optical flow ...
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Frequency Limitation in robot_localization's EKF Node
I'm using version 2.7.4 of the robot_localization package for ROS Noetic.
I'm currently utilizing two nodes of the package:
EKF Local Node: Fuses data from an IMU (100Hz) and wheel encoders (4Hz).
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LSM6DSV IMU drift issue
we are currently trying to get an LSM6DSV (specifically LSM6DSV16X) IMU working, which has in-built sensor fusion. It's important for us, that there is very little drift over time, and the sensor ...
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EKFSLAM with LiDAR and IMU + GPS localization module
There are many resources that relate to EKFSLAM based on the presence of only a LiDAR unit, which localize both the vehicle and the detected landmarks.
I see that they often use state vectors that get ...
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centimetre accuracy using IMU, is it possible?
I need to track hand movement, most importantly its vertical position to centimetre accuracy.
I've tried this with IMU MP6050 but the errors I get from double integration are huge.
Is there a way to ...
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Conversion of roll, pitch and yaw from ENU to NED
I have roll, pitch and yaw values in an ENU frame.
How can I convert it into a NED frame?
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How does IMU pre-integration work and how is it different from EKF?
My understanding is that IMU pre-integration is to get away from having to re-integrate the the IMU between key-frame intervals when doing bundle adjustment. The formulations I ave seen involve a ...
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Compensate tractor's (vehicle's) tilts in the GNSS-IMU based system
I have the following setup: a tractor with a dual band antenna (from ublox) installed on the vehicle's symmetry axis on the roof (h=3m), approx. 1m ahead of the center of the rear axis (which I ...
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The choice of using quaternions and using gyro & accel separately in EKF
I am working on realising the self-navigation of a vehicle.
I have already written an extended Kalman filter with a state vector using position, velocity, Euler angle, acceleration, and angular ...
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Why new/recommended MEMS IMU for AHRS for drones are 6-DOF instead of 9-DOF?
I'm developing an quadcopter as an DIY project.
I'm in nascent stage of development.
I've just finalized the design/working philosophy.
I'm planning to fuse data from 9-DOF (9-Axes) IMU + GNSS + ...
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MPU6050 providing gyroscope values for linear acceleration
I am using this ROS2 driver to connect my MPU6050 to RPi 4 running ROS2 humble. It outputs an IMU message containing linear acceleration and angular velocity. The linear acceleration values seem to be ...
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Do MEMS or optical gyroscope record Earth's rotational and revolutional angular velocities?
I am using a 3 axis gyroscope (Android device) to record angular velocities using a sensor data logger application.
When the device is placed stationary, the gyroscope recorded the following values:
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What should I use for a Visual+IMU+GPS fusion? A Madgwick or a Kalman?
I am new to robotics, and recently I am involving in a sensor fusion task using visual input (binocular at present), an IMU, and a GPS module. I have searched for related journal papers for a ...
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Why do we need to know the translation between Camera and IMU?
In Visual Inertial Odometry, assuming the camera and the IMU are attached to the same rigid body, why isn't it enough to know just the relative rotation between the camera and the IMU? Why do we need ...
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How to deal with asynchronous samples in a kalman filter framework multi-sensor fusion?
I have setup a sensor fusion problem to estimate a classical 2d position + orientation of a wheeled mobile robot in an embedded environment.
Sensor measurements include:
IMU (6axis accl+gyro) @ 40Hz
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SLAM: global BA and IMU rate
My understanding is that in SLAM systems keyframes are recorded at a lower rate and used for loop closing and global BA vs every every image which is used for a sliding window optimization.
What I am ...
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Calculation of IMU offset for Placement of Inertial measurement unit away from centre of mass
I am working on a 6DOF IMU that contains a 3-axis accelerometer and a 3-axis gyroscope. I am building a project to plot the position and orientation of a vehicle/dirt bike in a 3d plane. However, the ...
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accelerometer and gyroscope fusion using extended kalman filter
I'm working on my graduation project which is characterizing human body posture. I'm using IMU so I get measurements from the accelerometer and gyroscope and I'm wealing to fuse these two filters so I ...
