Elimination of Yaw Component of Gyroscope Propagation Error During Arm Activity in MSL
TBMG-25324
09/01/2016
- Content
When updating attitude during arm motion, gyroscope propagation error soon becomes greater than the tilt being monitored. The solution is to add an accelerometer-only mode that can update attitude without using gyroscopes, and to add the ability to monitor pitch and roll separately. Accelerometer-only mode is used only when it is safe to assume that any vehicle shifting in yaw would also be accompanied by shifting in pitch and/or roll. For surface contact operations, it is important to monitor change in tilt of the vehicle resulting from arm motion.
- Citation
- "Elimination of Yaw Component of Gyroscope Propagation Error During Arm Activity in MSL," Mobility Engineering, September 1, 2016.