Inertial Sensors-Applications and Challenges in a Nutshell

Thomas Seel; Manon Kok; Ryan S McGinnis

doi:10.3390/s20216221

Inertial Sensors-Applications and Challenges in a Nutshell

Sensors (Basel). 2020 Oct 31;20(21):6221. doi: 10.3390/s20216221.

Authors

Thomas Seel¹, Manon Kok², Ryan S McGinnis³

Affiliations

¹ Control Systems Group, Technische Universität Berlin, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
² Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.

Abstract

This editorial provides a concise introduction to the methods and applications of inertial sensors. We briefly describe the main characteristics of inertial sensors and highlight the broad range of applications as well as the methodological challenges. Finally, for the reader's guidance, we give a succinct overview of the papers included in this special issue.

Keywords: accelerometers; body area networks; error modeling and calibration; gyroscopes; inertial motion tracking; inertial sensors in health care and sports engineering; inertial sensors in robotics and manufacturing; inertial sensors in vehicle motion estimation and control; localization and mapping; machine learning applied to inertial sensor data; magnetometers; sensor fusion.

Publication types

Editorial