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Magnetometer-free inertial motion tracking of arbitrary joints with range of motion constraints

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)16016-16022
Seitenumfang7
FachzeitschriftIFAC-PapersOnLine
Jahrgang53
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2020
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Abstract

In motion tracking of connected multi-body systems, Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) are used in a wide variety of applications, since they provide a low-cost easy-to-use method for orientation estimation. However, in indoor environments or near ferromagnetic material, the magnetic field is inhomogeneous, which limits the accuracy of tracking algorithms using magnetometers. Methods that use only accelerometers and gyroscopes on the other hand yield no information on the absolute heading of the tracked object. For objects connected by rotational joints with range of motion constraints, a method is proposed that provides a magnetometer-free, long-term stable relative orientation estimate based on a non-linear, window-based cost function. The method can be used for real-time estimation as well as post-processing. It is validated experimentally with a mechanical joint and compared to other methods that are commonly used in motion tracking. It is shown that for the used test object, the proposed method yields the best results with a total angle error of less than 4° for all experiments.

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Magnetometer-free inertial motion tracking of arbitrary joints with range of motion constraints. / Lehmann, Dustin; Laidig, Daniel; Deimel, Raphael et al.
in: IFAC-PapersOnLine, Jahrgang 53, Nr. 2, 2020, S. 16016-16022.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelForschungPeer-Review

Lehmann D, Laidig D, Deimel R, Seel T. Magnetometer-free inertial motion tracking of arbitrary joints with range of motion constraints. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 2020;53(2):16016-16022. doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.401
Lehmann, Dustin ; Laidig, Daniel ; Deimel, Raphael et al. / Magnetometer-free inertial motion tracking of arbitrary joints with range of motion constraints. in: IFAC-PapersOnLine. 2020 ; Jahrgang 53, Nr. 2. S. 16016-16022.
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