http://blog.trossenrobotics.com/2008/11/05/accelerometers-101/ The Trossen Robotics Blog is the place to keep up to date on all the latest product releases and news in robotics. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:18:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.trossenrobotics.com/2008/11/05/accelerometers-101/comment-page-1/#comment-67520 Bob Mottram Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:02:45 +0000 http://blog.trossenrobotics.com/?p=426#comment-67520 What I'd really like is to be able to use accelerometers or gyro as a replacement for wheel odometry. I experimented with the Phidget 3 axis accelerometer, but couldn't get it to measure speed of movement very accurately (you need to cancel out the gravity vector, and deal with all the noise). What I’d really like is to be able to use accelerometers or gyro as a replacement for wheel odometry. I experimented with the Phidget 3 axis accelerometer, but couldn’t get it to measure speed of movement very accurately (you need to cancel out the gravity vector, and deal with all the noise).

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