This research aims at enhancing the accuracy of navigation systems by integrating GPS and Micro-ElectroMechanical-System (MEMS) based inertial measurement units (IMU). Because of the conditions required by the large number of restrictions on empirical data, a conventional Extended Kalman Filtering (EKF) is limited to apply in navigation systems by integrating MEMS-IMU/GPS. In response to non-li...

Autonomous navigation of micro-UAVs is typically based on the integration of low cost Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)-based inertial and magnetic sensors to stabilize and control the flight. The resulting navigation performance in terms of position and attitude accuracy may not suffice for other mission needs, such as the ones rele...

Despite the ubiquitousness of GPS devices, on board inertial navigation remains important. An IMU like the Sparkfun Ultimate IMU used, contains all the necessary sensors for inertial navigation. These sensors, particularly gyroscopes, are subject to error. An algorithm combining different modalities (acceleration, rotation, and the earth’s magnetic field) to filter this error is developed. The ...

81 AIJ Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Vol 48, No. 2, Fall 2016 Please cite this article using: Fathi, M., Ghahramani, N., Ashtiani, M. A. S., Mohammadi, A., and Fallah, M., 2016. “Adaptive Fusion of Inertial Navigation System and Tracking Radar Data”. Amirkabir International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 48(2), pp. 81–91. DOI: 10.22060/eej.2016.818 URL: http://eej.au...

This paper focuses on accuracy and other technology trends for inertial sensors, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and integrated Inertial Navigation System (INS)/GPS systems, including considerations of interference, that will lead to better than 1 meter accuracy navigation systems of the future. For inertial sensors, trend-setting sensor technologies will be described. A vision of the inertia...

In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to planetary hoppers for their potential to overcome the limitations on landing precision and mobility facing current planetary surface exploration technologies. This paper describes the development of a unified vision and inertial navigation system for propulsive planetary hoppers and provides demonstration of this technology. A sensor test...

An algorithm for pose and motion estimation using corresponding features in images and a digital terrain map is proposed. Using a Digital Terrain (or Digital Elevation) Map (DTM/DEM) as a global reference enables recovering the absolute position and orientation of the camera. In order to do this, the DTM is used to formulate a constraint between corresponding features in two consecutive frames....

PS receiver has dominated the field of positioning and navigation for decades [1]. However, its performance depends on the signal environments. It provides a continuous navigation solution only when more than four satellites are in view. In order to solve this problem, other navigation systems, e.g., inertial navigation system, are often employed to integrate with GPS for having a robust and co...

This paper presents three non-linear asymptotic observers corresponding to three examples of engineering interest: a chemical reactor, a non-holonomic car, and an inertial navigation system. For each example, the design is based on physical symmetries. This motivates the theoretical development of invariant observers, i.e, symmetrypreserving observers. We consider an observer to consist in a co...