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    An inertial measurement unit (IMU) is an electronic device that measures and reports a body's specific force, angular rate, and sometimes the orientation...
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    An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers)...
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  • Miniature inertial measurement unit (MIMU) is an inertial measurement unit (IMU) developed and built by Honeywell International to control and stabilize...
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    inertial measurement unit (IMU) was the Delco Division of General Motors. PGNCS consisted of the following components: an inertial measurement unit (IMU)...
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    where strapdown performance may not be as good. Air data inertial reference unit Inertial measurement unit Optical Inertial Reference Units (IRUs) v t e...
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    propeller but requires a rocket engine. Guidance is based on an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a sonar antenna array integrated into the structure...
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  • gyro with a built in integrator. It is usually a component of an Inertial Measurement Unit or a stabilization system. In a rate integrating gyroscope, the...
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  • on AliExpress. A Banderol reportedly contains: US-made 6-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) MEMS motion sensor device (3‑axis gyroscope and a 3‑axis...
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    down), roll, and orbit relative to a fixed-space inertial reference frame from an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). The FDAI can be configured to use known...
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    Moriba Jah was the first to demonstrate the ability to process Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) data collected on board the spacecraft, during aerobraking...
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  • up imu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. IMU may refer to: Inertial measurement unit, a device that measures acceleration and rotation, used for example...
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    remain fixed in inertial space, compensating for changes in the ship's yaw, pitch, and roll. In this application, the inertial measurement unit (IMU) is equipped...
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  • a control console in the cockpit. Carousel IV consisted of an inertial measurement unit (IMU) as its position reference, a digital computer to compute...
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    gyroscopic flight instruments. The main difference between an Inertial measurement unit (IMU) and an AHRS is the addition of an on-board processing system...
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  • include sensors—such as RGB cameras, depth cameras, 3D trackers, inertial measurement units, or other tools—to sense and track nearby human bodies (including...
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  • [citation needed] ARMIGER was to feature an IR seeker, accurate Inertial Measurement Unit (INS) for navigational purposes, long range, high supersonic speed...
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    Later, the system was improved to replace thermopiles with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) using a combination of accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers...
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    accelerations measured by an inertial measurement unit (IMU). This process sums the sensors outputs together with all the sensor and measurement errors. The precision...
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    replacement and testing of a malfunctioning redundant inertial measurement unit on the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster attached to the Defense Support...
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    the launch failure, the Chinese investigation found that the inertial measurement unit had failed because of a faulty wire. However, the satellite insurance...
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    crankcase. The Duke is also the first middleweight naked with an inertial measurement unit within its electronics that include ride-by-wire, fuel modes,...
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    rotation about multiple axes. They appear in gyroscopes and in inertial measurement units to allow the inner gimbal's orientation to remain fixed while...
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    parachute, rocket engines, and monitoring electronics like an inertial measurement unit that monitors the orientation of the shell during parachute-slowed...
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  • avoid taking the spacecraft near the gimbal lock zone of its Inertial Measurement Unit during any expected spacecraft maneuvers, since the exact orientation...
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  • gyro to control the bullet. Honeywell Aerospace has produced inertial measurement units based on MEMS and microelectronics technologies that it claims...
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  • distributed to the system to prevent it from getting damaged. Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) system is used to measure vibrations in the satellite and...
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  • An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of measurement that does not form part of a coherent system of measurement, especially because its exact quantity...
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    missile straight during first stage flight and sent commands to the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) on the 2nd stage. The IMU would compensate and send steering...
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    "Mars aerobraking spacecraft state estimation by processing inertial measurement unit data". Ph.D. Thesis. Bibcode:2005PhDT........64J. mars.nasa.gov...
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  • year, Denel announced that it would use the latest solid-state inertial measurement unit, the SiIMU02 from BAE Systems, for mid course range guidance....
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