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Best method for merging rotation data

asked 2017-03-27 14:04:28 -0600

Cerin gravatar image

I have two sensors providing a z-axis rotation estimate on a two-wheeled differential drive platform:

  1. motor encoders
  2. a compass-aligned gyroscope

Does it make sense to use some algorithm to merge these two, or should I just rely on the gyro? If I should combine them, what's the proper algorithm to use (Kalman filter, Complementary filter, simple moving average, etc)?

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answered 2017-03-28 02:51:47 -0600

Chaos gravatar image

I suggest you to use an Extended Kalman Filter. It can provide an estimation of the robot's orientation by filtering both wheel's and gyro's drifts.

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Is there a simple implementation you can recommend, preferably that could run on an Arduino? All the ones I've found seem terribly complicated, and assume you're trying to merge two three-dimensional vectors representing accelerometer and gryoscope readings, not simple scalars, as I'm trying to do.

Cerin gravatar image Cerin  ( 2017-03-28 11:34:37 -0600 )edit

The implementation of the EKF strongly depends on the application. If the state you have to estimate is just the position of the robot you can use something like this. The EKF should work without problems on Arduino.

Chaos gravatar image Chaos  ( 2017-03-29 02:42:28 -0600 )edit

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