Autonomous Robot Natural Navigation System for Industrial Applications
Overview
LPNAV is an automatic guided vehicle (AGV) navigation system that combines IMU, optical, GNSS and odometry data to calculate accurate position information. The accurate detection of a vehicle’s position is important for many types of robotics devices, such as vacuum cleaning, logistics robots and autonomous cars.
In outdoor environments, GPS can be used to determine location with sub-meter accuracy. In indoor environments the GPS signal is not available and other measures to acquire position information need to be used such as tracking beacons or optical markers.
Usually a single tracking method is not sufficient to provide higher degrees of accuracy and system responsiveness. With LPNAV we introduce a modular solution that is based on the core technology of our inertial measurement units (IMU) and allows the fusion of various signal sources to calculate accurate and reliable position information. Common usages:
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