Applications that require precise information on the linear or angular movement of an object rely on the accuracy of motion sensors within. Accelerometers and gyroscopes can be used to provide this ...

MEMS specialist STMicroelectronics has integrated a 3 axis digital accelerometer with a 2 axis analogue gyroscope in a single module. By integrating the linear and angular motion sensors, ST says that ...

Inertial navigation systems usually use gyroscopes to sense angular motion and use accelerometers to sense linear acceleration. It is feasible, however, using only linear accelerometers as sensors, to ...

It is shown that the angular acceleration and velocity of a rigid body can be determined from translational material acceleration measurements made by an observer on the body. An important ...

If the motion is horizontal, this equates to the mass of the payload added to the mass of the moving part of the linear motor or stage and multiplied by the amount of acceleration required by the ...

Participants performed touchscreen-based reaching tasks while wearing wireless motion sensors, which recorded linear acceleration, angular velocity, and roll-pitch-yaw orientation at millisecond ...

These IMUS are used to measure linear acceleration and angular rates with three-axis microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometers and three-axis MEMS gyroscopes. The new Kernel 110, 120 IMUs ...

Linear and angular acceleration levels for a single heading maneuver were well below those thought to be associated with ... peak linear acceleration of the head was 158 +/- 19 m.s(-2) (mean +/- ...

Calculating Acceleration for Linear Motion . Every motion control problem begins with a need to move a certain payload over a certain distance. However, there are many types of moves possible, and ...