Comparison of attitude and heading reference systems using foot mounted MIMU sensor data: basic, Madgwick, and Mahony

Simone A. Ludwig; Kaleb D. Burnham; Antonio R. Jiménez; Pierre A. Touma

doi:10.1117/12.2296568

27 March 2018 Comparison of attitude and heading reference systems using foot mounted MIMU sensor data: basic, Madgwick, and Mahony

Simone A. Ludwig, Kaleb D. Burnham, Antonio R. Jiménez, Pierre A. Touma

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Proceedings Volume 10598, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2018; 105982L (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296568
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2018, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

A magnetic and inertial measurement unit (MIMU) usually measures acceleration, rotation rate, and earth's magnetic field in order to determine a body's attitude. In order to find the orientation information using all sensors a fusion algorithm is used. This paper compares two approaches used for a Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), namely Madgwick and Mahony with a basic fusion approach. Foot mounted MIMU data is used to estimate the Euler angles as well as the position. The results show that Madgwick obtains better heading orientation than Mahony and the basic AHRS approach in terms of the error (RMSE) of the Euler angles when compared to the ground truth. However, the execution time of Mahony is less than Madgwick with the basic AHRS taking the longest.

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Simone A. Ludwig, Kaleb D. Burnham, Antonio R. Jiménez, and Pierre A. Touma "Comparison of attitude and heading reference systems using foot mounted MIMU sensor data: basic, Madgwick, and Mahony", Proc. SPIE 10598, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2018, 105982L (27 March 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2296568

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