Transcript Chris report

Current Works
• Research Accelerometers
– Accelerometer measures proper acceleration= acceleration
relative to freefall
• Therefore a stationary object will have an acceleration of +1G in the Z
direction
– With Planar motion the effect of gravity can be ignored but for
3D motion gravity will effect all acceleration
• Need to correct for Gravity as orientation changes
• Research Gyroscopes
– Should implement Kalman filter to accurately determine
orientation
• Uses input from accelerometers to check input from gyroscope to
determine orientation
• Added file output to LabVIEW and began testing integrating
input
• Ordered Parts for Final 3D version
What’s Next?
• Implement a LabVIEW program to track
position and orientation in 2D
• Resolve bugs current in LabVIEW program
– Figure out why random zero values
– Sample rate problem
• Continue Research on how to accurately
determine position using an IMU
– begin implementing filters and calibration
procedure