BROAD – A Benchmark for Robust Inertial Orientation Estimation

Laidig D, Caruso M, Cereatti A, Seel T (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Data MDPI AG

Book Volume: 6

Article Number: 72

Journal Issue: 7

DOI: 10.3390/data6070072

Abstract

Inertial measurement units (IMUs) enable orientation, velocity, and position estimation in several application domains ranging from robotics and autonomous vehicles to human motion capture and rehabilitation engineering. Errors in orientation estimation greatly affect any of those motion parameters. The present work explains the main challenges in inertial orientation estimation (IOE) and presents an extensive benchmark dataset that includes 3D inertial and magnetic data with synchronized optical marker-based ground truth measurements, the Berlin Robust Orientation Estimation Assessment Dataset (BROAD). The BROAD dataset consists of 39 trials that are conducted at different speeds and include various types of movement. Thereof, 23 trials are performed in an undisturbed indoor environment, and 16 trials are recorded with deliberate magnetometer and accelerometer disturbances. We furthermore propose error metrics that allow for IOE accuracy evaluation while separating the heading and inclination portions of the error and introduce welldefined benchmark metrics. Based on the proposed benchmark, we perform an exemplary case study on two widely used openly available IOE algorithms. Due to the broad range of motion and disturbance scenarios, the proposed benchmark is expected to provide valuable insight and useful tools for the assessment, selection, and further development of inertial sensor fusion methods and IMU-based application systems.

Authors with CRIS profile

Thomas Seel Professur für Intelligente Sensomotorische Systeme

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität Berlin DE Germany (DE) Politecnico di Torino IT Italy (IT)

How to cite

APA:

Laidig, D., Caruso, M., Cereatti, A., & Seel, T. (2021). BROAD – A Benchmark for Robust Inertial Orientation Estimation. Data, 6(7). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/data6070072

MLA:

Laidig, Daniel, et al. "BROAD – A Benchmark for Robust Inertial Orientation Estimation." Data 6.7 (2021).

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