Online Calibration of Inertial Sensors Based on Error Backpropagation.

Global satellite navigation systems (GNSSs) are the most-used technology for the localization of vehicles in the outdoor environment, but in the case of a densely built-up area or during passage through a tunnel, the satellite signal is not available or has poor quality. Inertial navigation systems (INSs) allow localization dead reckoning, but they have an integration error that grows over time. Inexpensive inertial measurement units (IMUs) are subject to thermal-dependent error and must be calibrated almost continuously.

Differential requirements for Smarca5 expression during hematopoietic stem cell commitment.

The formation of hematopoietic cells relies on the chromatin remodeling activities of ISWI ATPase SMARCA5 (SNF2H) and its complexes. The Smarca5 null and conditional alleles have been used to study its functions in embryonic and organ development in mice. These mouse model phenotypes vary from embryonic lethality of constitutive knockout to less severe phenotypes observed in tissue-specific Smarca5 deletions, e.

Homogeneous Sensor Fusion Optimization for Low-Cost Inertial Sensors.

The article deals with sensor fusion and real-time calibration in a homogeneous inertial sensor array. The proposed method allows for both estimating the sensors' calibration constants (i.e.

Spherical Robots for Special Purposes: A Review on Current Possibilities.

The review discusses the possibilities of different driving mechanisms and sensors of spherical robots, and a special kind of mobile robots is introduced and discussed. The sensors discussed can expand robots' sensing capabilities which are typically very limited. Most spherical robots have holonomic characteristics and protect the inner environment using a shell.

Improving the precision and speed of Euler angles computation from low-cost rotation sensor data.

This article compares three different algorithms used to compute Euler angles from data obtained by the angular rate sensor (e.g., MEMS gyroscope)-the algorithms based on a rotational matrix, on transforming angular velocity to time derivations of the Euler angles and on unit quaternion expressing rotation.