Advantages of IMU : (1) energy-efficient, capable of running 24h a day without draining a battery; (2) works any where even inside a bag or a pocket(get device acc); Disadvantage: small sensor errors or biases explode quickly in the double integration process.
In Augmented Reality applications(eg., apple ARKit, Google ARCore, Microsoft HoloLens), IMU augments Slam by resolving scale ambiguities and providing motion cues in the absence of visual features. UAVs, automous cars, humanoid robots, and smart vacuum cleaners are other emerging domains, utilizing IMUs for enhanced navigation, control, and beyond.
author: Zhe Zhang( Southeast University), Chunyu Wang(Microsoft Research Asia)
date: 2020, 4.10
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