Inertial sensor

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An inertial sensor is a sensor that can measure acceleration and angular rate. It is used for capture and analysis motion. It is composed of accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers. Accelerometers measure lineal acceleration, gyroscopes measure angular rate and magnetometers give information about magnetic field. In this way, it is possible estudy the inertial sensor motion in the plane or in 3D.

[edit] Aplications

The main aplications of inertial sensors are:

• Robotic
• Human gait analysis
• Ergonomy studies.
• Animation.

[edit] References

• Technaid Inertial Sensors