Low-cost IMU

Low-cost IMU
Short Description:	Characterization of a low-cost IMU module developed by AIRLab; use of such module to extract high-level information about human behavior.
Coordinator:	MarioVerdicchio ()
Tutor:	MartinoMigliavacca (migliavacca@elet.polimi.it), MatteoMatteucci (matteo.matteucci@polimi.it)
Collaborator:
Students:	NguyenHo (nguyenho83@yahoo.com)
Research Area:	Robotics
Research Topic:	Robot development, Agents, Multiagent Systems, Agencies
Start:	2012/11/01
End:	2013/12/31
Status:	Active
Level:	Ms
Type:	Thesis

This project is related to the ongoing effort of AIRLab in developing low-cost robotic modules and systems. An Inertial Measurement Unit based on MEMS sensors (called R2P_IMU) has already been designed and realized. This project has the objectives of:

• defining a model of R2P_IMU to enable its characterization;
• characterizing the output of R2P_IMU in correspondence to physical action;
• defining suitable calibration procedures for R2P_IMU;
• testing the actual performance of the calibrated R2P_IMU;
• exploring the possibility of processing the output of R2P_IMU (one or more units) borne by people to extract higher-level information about the behavior of the bearers.