Inertial navigation
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How it works
An inertial reference system (IRS) measures accelerations with accelerometers and rotation with gyros (today ring laser or fibre-optic gyros). Integrating acceleration gives speed, and integrating speed gives position, with no outside signal.
IN THIS LESSON
- Alignment
- Errors
- What it gives
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