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Meanings of inertial measurement unit in English

Russian
инерциальная навигационная система
Spanish
imu
Catalan
unitat de mesurament inercial
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An electronic device that measures a craft's velocity, orientation, and gravitational forces, using a combination of accelerometers and gyroscopes.

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инерциальная навигационная система
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Examples for "imu"
Examples for "imu"
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The IMU is a secretive underground organisation and its numbers are unclear.
Reuters
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On the first day, the IMU executed Turat within earshot of the Americans.
Climbing Magazine
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The IMU is shrouded in secrecy and its size is unclear.
Reuters
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The two parties also renewed bickering on Sunday over the unpopular IMU property tax.
Reuters
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In 2006, Kyrgyz security forces reported killing several IMU members in a special operation.
Reuters
Usage of inertial measurement unit in English
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The inertial measurement unit gauges the weapon's position, altitude, and velocity.
Wired
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It includes the mission computer and the inertial measurement unit.
Wired
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And it incorporates both GPS and an inertial measurement unit with a fiber-optic gyro.
Wired
4
Due to the drift caused by the accumulative error, the function of the inertial measurement unit (IMU) will be limited.
Pubmed
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Gait analysis was performed by equipping each horse with an inertial measurement unit with inbuilt GPS (GPS-IMU) mounted on the dorsum.
Pubmed
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The computer sets rotor pitch and speed while using GPS, an inertial measurement unit, lidar laser scanning, and radar to ascertain its position in space.
Wired
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Inertial measurement unit Accelerometers and gyroscopes recognize directional movement.
Wired
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And dead reckoning requires expensive, power-hungry inertial measurement units.
Wired
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For the field tests, data was collected through inertial measurement units attached to various positions on the jockey.
Reuters
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Some researchers have combined orientation measurements from inertial measurement units (IMUs) and positional inference from cameras to reconstruct the 3D human motion.
Pubmed