Attitude estimation on SO (3) based on direct inertial measurements

Tarek Hamel*, Robert Mahony

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    Abstract

    This paper considers the question of obtaining high quality attitude estimates from typical low cost inertial measurement units for applications in control of unmanned aerial vehicles. A nonlinear complementary filter exploiting the structure of Special Orthogonal Group S0(3) is proposed. The filter is expressed explicitly in terms of direct and untreated measurements. For a typical low cost inertial measurement where two inertial directions are measured (gravitational and magnetic fields) along with angular velocity, it is shown that the filter is well conditioned. If only a single direction is available (typically the gravitational field) along with angular velocity, it is shown that the full gyro bias vector is correctly estimated and that the estimated orientation converges to a set consistent with the measurements. Experimental results, for flight data from the HoverEye

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006
    Pages2170-2175
    Number of pages6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    Event2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006 - Orlando, FL, United States
    Duration: 15 May 200619 May 2006

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
    Volume2006
    ISSN (Print)1050-4729

    Conference

    Conference2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityOrlando, FL
    Period15/05/0619/05/06

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