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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Performance Enhancement of Consumer-Grade MEMS Sensors through Geometrical Redundancy.

Giorgio de Alteriis, Domenico Accardo, Claudia Conte, Rosario Schiano Lo Moriello

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors.

Giorgio de AlteriisDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4460-6640
Domenico AccardoDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8843-0109
Claudia ConteDepartment of Management Information and Production Engineering, University of Bergamo, 24044 Bergamo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9441-2927
Rosario Schiano Lo MorielloDepartment of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4875-2845

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The paper deals with performance enhancement of low-cost, consumer-grade inertial sensors realized by means of Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology. Focusing their attention on the reduction of bias instability and random walk-driven drift of cost-effective MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes, the authors hereinafter propose a suitable method, based on a redundant configuration and complemented with a proper measurement procedure, to improve the performance of low-cost, consumer-grade MEMS sensors. The performance of the method is assessed by means of an adequate prototype and compared with that assured by a commercial, expensive, tactical-grade MEMS inertial measurement unit, taken as reference. Obtained results highlight the promising reliability and efficacy of the method in estimating position, velocity, and attitude of vehicles; in particular, bias instability and random walk reduction greater than 25% is, in fact, experienced. Moreover, differences as low as 0.025 rad and 0.89 m are obtained when comparing position and attitude estimates provided by the prototype and those granted by the tactical-grade MEMS IMU.

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Micro-Electrical-Mechanical SystemsReproducibility of ResultsWalkingaccelerometerAllan varianceGNSS/INSgyroscopeinertial measurement unitinertial navigation systemsintegrated navigationMEMSsensor redundancyunmanned aircraft systems

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PMID34300592
PMCPMC8309765

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