How to change covariance of IMU sensor

asked 2021-11-06 20:10:36 -0600

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Hi, I am working on robot localization by using a robot localization package. I am fusing Odometry data and IMU data. The covariance of the data coming from the IMU sensor itself is very low. But, I know that IMU sensor measurements are faulty and I want to increase the covariance of IMU data. So that, IMU data would be given less weight (or importance) during localization. I am wondering what are the ways I can change the covariance of the IMU sensor data. I really appreciate it if some one help me with the issue. I have attached the sample IMU sensor output where you can see covariance values are almost zero.

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Sort-of a duplicate: #q388934.

gvdhoorn ( 2021-11-07 09:50:02 -0600 )edit

Thank gvdhoorn, I will have a look at it.

rcbot ( 2021-11-07 21:54:11 -0600 )edit

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answered 2021-11-07 07:52:09 -0600

Mike Scheutzow
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The easiest way is to insert your own ROS node between the IMU Node and the Robot_Localization Node. Your node will subscribe to the IMU data, and republish a modified message, one for one. Typically you want to remap the topic name that the IMU is publishing to, and your new node will begin publishing to the original IMU topic.

Alternately, if you have the source code for the IMU driver node, then create a modified driver. It's usually best to give your modified node a different node type so that in the future you don't get confused about which driver is being used.

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Thank you for the info Mike. Can I ask one more question?. IMU should have absolute orientation data which will be used in navsat transform. But, If IMU provides only relative orientation data (it will set zero which ever orientation it starts) can I still use that IMU? IF yes, May I know how?

rcbot ( 2021-11-07 21:53:37 -0600 )edit

I don't have a confident answer for your question. But my guess is that if GPS is the only source of absolute x,y position information for the robot, then fusing it with the relative Inertial data from the IMU isn't going to improve accuracy. However, if you also need to determine robot orientation, then of course the IMU can help with that, assuming you can provide an accurate initial orientation.

Mike Scheutzow ( 2021-11-08 08:28:38 -0600 )edit

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