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Article #1601Looking for information about cheap gyroscope
From: Liqiang Feng
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 13:20
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1991 13:20
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Hi, I am looking for a device that will give me the orientation measurement of a mobile robot. Of course, the first thing comes into mind is the compass, however, the compass suffers from the the effects of external magnetic field and acceleration. Now I turn my attention to gyroscope, here the problem is the cost. Does anybody know any companies making some reasonably cheap gyroscope? I do not require very high accuracy, ~+-0.5 deg or even a little bit larger is fine, and also I do not require very small drift over time. Are there any other devices I could possibly use to get the orientation information. Thank you in advance.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!caen!laser.engin.umich.edu!feng From: feng@caen.engin.umich.edu (Liqiang Feng) Newsgroups: comp.robotics Subject: Looking for information about cheap gyroscope Summary: mobile robot navigation, orientation measurement Keywords: gyroscope, navigation, orientation Message-ID: <00--VV-@engin.umich.edu> Date: 10 Jun 91 13:20:38 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Lines: 11