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| (...) By "Six degrees of freedom" I mean: 1) Translation to Left/Right 2) Translation Forwards/Backwards 3) Translation Up/Down 4) Rotation left/right 5) Rotation fore/aft 6) Roll left/right. These are often called (respectively) by the names: Sway, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Steve, I see your point. I forgot the sensor also responds to gravity. I suspect that the best we can do is a very rough demo of principle, not a practical navigation system. Thanks for your insight! That is what makes this forum so useful. - pete. (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Where an inertial system *might* have some applicability would be to fill in the gaps between sightings of some kind of a navigational landmark. The gradual accumulation of error is the big problem - but if you only need the inertial (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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