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Making Sense of Sensor Fusion for Positioning

The Key to Accurate and Reliable Location Information In today’s technology-driven world, accurate and reliable positioning information has become indispensable for numerous applications, ranging from navigation systems to augmented reality experiences. However, achieving pinpoint accuracy in location-based services is no easy feat, especially considering the diverse environments and conditions in which these systems operate. Relying […]

Integrity Monitoring for Positioning  Autonomous Vehicles & Robots

Autonomous vehicles and robots are becoming increasingly common in our daily lives, from food delivery robots navigating residential sidewalks to self-driving cars navigating highways. However, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the positioning information used in these applications is critical to autonomous or semi-autonomous applications. It involves knowing when to teleoperate a machine in the […]

Integrity Monitoring and Uncertainty Estimation with AUTO’s Non-linear Integration of Multiple Imaging Radars and INS/GNSS for Autonomous Vehicles and Robots

Solving the localization problem is a key requirement to enabling the development of autonomous platforms. In the field of autonomous driving, the localization problem imposes two criteria on the navigation solution: solution accuracy and solution reliability or integrity. Integrity monitoring describes the solution trustworthiness and is critical to ensuring safety. A conventional approach in urban […]

Multiple Imaging Radars Integrate with INS/GNSS via AUTO Software Reliable and Accurate Positioning for Autonomous Vehicles and Robots

Difficult GNSS environments and adverse weather conditions require a fusion of many sensors to maintain lane-level accuracy for autonomous platforms, without incurring high costs that would inhibit widespread adoption. Radars are an attractive option in a multi-sensor integration scheme due to being robust to adverse weather and insensitive to lighting variations. The multi-radar integrated version […]

Tight Coupling Between Radar and INS/GNSS with AUTO Software for Accurate and Reliable Positioning for Autonomous Vehicles

A realized autonomous vehicle requires a ubiquitous, accurate, precise, and reliable localization system. Nowadays, the market is full of sensors that can be used for Positioning and Navigation; each with its strengths and weaknesses. Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) are usually used to build Inertial Navigation Systems (INS). INS can be accurate within short durations; however, […]

Tight Coupling Between Radar and INS/GNSS with AUTO Software for Accurate and Reliable Positioning for Autonomous Vehicles

A realized autonomous vehicle requires a ubiquitous, accurate, precise, and reliable localization system. Nowadays, the market is full of sensors that can be used for Positioning and Navigation; each with its strengths and weaknesses. Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) are usually used to build Inertial Navigation Systems (INS). INS can be accurate within short durations; however, […]

Coursa Drive: Integrated Navigation Solution for Autonomous Vehicles

Accurate, reliable, and continuous positioning is essential for Autonomous vehicle navigation applications. Precise positioning algorithms based on Real-Time Kinematics (RTK) using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) are widely used for this purpose and can provide a centimeter level accuracy in open sky environments. Positioning availability and accuracy are subject to degradation due to the different […]