<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Large errors of low-cost MEMS inertial measurement unit (MIMU) lead to huge navigation errors, even wrong navigation information. An integrated navigation system for unmanned vessel is proposed. It consists of a low-cost MIMU and Doppler velocity sonar (DVS). This paper presents an integrated navigation method, to improve the performance of navigation system. The integrated navigation system is tested using simulation and semi-physical simulation experiments, whose results show that attitude, velocity and position accuracy has improved awfully, giving exactly accurate navigation results. By means of the combination of low-cost MIMU and DVS, the proposed system is able to overcome fast drift problems of the low cost IMU.</p></abstract>

Large errors of low-cost MEMS inertial measurement unit (MIMU) lead to huge navigation errors, even wrong navigation information. An integrated navigation system for unmanned vessel is proposed. It consists of a low-cost MIMU and Doppler velocity sonar (DVS). This paper presents an integrated navigation method, to improve the performance of navigation system. The integrated navigation system is tested using simulation and semi-physical simulation experiments, whose results show that attitude, velocity and position accuracy has improved awfully, giving exactly accurate navigation results. By means of the combination of low-cost MIMU and DVS, the proposed system is able to overcome fast drift problems of the low cost IMU.

Low Cost Integrated Navigation System for Unmanned Vessel

Polish Maritime Research

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Large errors of low-cost MEMS inertial measurement unit (MIMU) lead to huge navigation errors, even wrong navigation information. An integrated navigation...

Low Cost Integrated Navigation System for Unmanned Vessel

Article Category: Special Issue Title: Marine Processes Studies And Marine Engineering

Pubblicato online: 22 nov 2017

Pagine: 110 - 115

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0112

Parole chiave
Low cost, MEMS, Inertial navigation, Integrated navigation

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Low Cost Integrated Navigation System for Unmanned Vessel

Article Category: Special Issue Title: Marine Processes Studies And Marine Engineering

Pubblicato online: 22 nov 2017

Pagine: 110 - 115

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2017-0112

Parole chiaveLow cost, MEMS, Inertial navigation, Integrated navigation

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
Low cost, MEMS, Inertial navigation, Integrated navigation