Skyline Nav AI, headquartered in the Greater Boston Area, is changing the game with its Pathfinder technology that is making ...

Light aircraft often use a heading indicator as a way to know where they’re going. Retired instrumentation engineer [Don Welch] recreated a heading indicator of his own, using cheap off-the-shelf ...

Motion is invisible until something makes it measurable. That is where inertial measurement units (IMUs) step in—the silent sensors that give machines their hidden sense of balance, orientation, and ...

Vibration sensors can aid in stability and navigation, particularly for field robots in varied terrain, writes a columnist.

Surveying and mapping are jobs of courage and determination exploring the unknown, risking death in malaria-infested jungles, ...

Abstract: The aim of this study is to develop a deep learning modeling framework for direct conversion of raw upper limb IMU data into humerothoracic and elbow joint angles, and evaluate the impact of ...

Length, time and volume are all examples of quantities close quantityA property that can exist as a magnitude, usually with a numerical value. For example, speed (quantity) is measured in metres per ...

Abstract: Systems combining inertial measurement unit and magnetic field information have been extensively studied for indoor positioning and navigation. However, existing research predominantly ...

Addressing a persistent engineering challenge in sustainable UAV design, researchers from Northwestern Polytechnical University’s School of Civil Aviation in China have developed a system that bridges ...

Units of speed are always a unit of length per unit of time. Different units of length and time may be chosen depending on the situation. This makes it easier to read the measurements. For example, ...