<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The classic TRIAD was used to obtain the attitude of air vehicles. However, the accuracy was dominated by the sensor noise and the calculation order. To improve that in this paper, a new method based on weighting the vectors summation and difference was proposed. Then both simulation and experiment verified the advantages of the optimized algorithm.</p></abstract>

The classic TRIAD was used to obtain the attitude of air vehicles. However, the accuracy was dominated by the sensor noise and the calculation order. To improve that in this paper, a new method based on weighting the vectors summation and difference was proposed. Then both simulation and experiment verified the advantages of the optimized algorithm.

An Optimized Triad Algorithm for Attitude Determination

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The classic TRIAD was used to obtain the attitude of air vehicles. However, the accuracy was dominated by the sensor noise and the calculation order. To...

An Optimized Triad Algorithm for Attitude Determination

Published Online: Sep 23, 2017

Page range: 41 - 47

Received: Mar 02, 2017

Accepted: Jul 07, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsa-2017-0005

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