Industrial Vehicles
Inertial Navigation Systems for Construction, Mining, and Agriculture Machines
An Inertial Navigation System (INS) provides real-time roll, pitch, and heading information that is useful for Machine Control applications. The INS outputs a filtered position and velocity that maintains a robust projection in case of GNSS outages (trees, RTK communication cuts, etc.).
The inertial sensor is also used to synchronize and stabilize additional equipment such as a LiDAR.
Recommended products
Motion & RTK Position
Ellipse-D is a compact Inertial Navigation System with integrated RTK GNSS receiver for centimeter-level position.
It provides Roll, Pitch, Heading, and Navigation data. Odometer and RTK corrections can be used as aiding inputs to further enhance the navigation solution.
- 0.05° Roll and Pitch over 360° (RTK)
- 0.2° Heading (Dual Antenna RTK GNSS)
- 1 cm RTK GNSS Position
- Fusion with Pulse or CAN OBDII Odometer
- RS232, RS422, CAN Protocols
Volume Application
Ellipse 2 Micro INS additionally connects to a GNSS receiver and an odometer for navigation.
Combined with a DMI (odometer) and an RTK GNSS, The Ellipse Micro INS/GNSS provides accurate car position and trajectory even in challenging environments such as urban canyons, tunnel, forest, etc.
- Designed for volume projects
- High Quality IMU
- 0.1° Roll and Pitch
- Light-Weight – 10 grams
- Connection to GNSS and Odometer
- Benefit from a 2-year warranty
For Harsh Environments
Ekinox-D is an all-in-one RTK INS/GNSS. When connected to an odometer (DMI), the Ekinox2-D provides survey class car’s position and trajectory at 200 Hz, even in GPS challenging environments.
Mobile Mapping, Machine Control, are some surveying application examples where the Ekinox2-D reveals its potential.
- 0.02° Roll, Pitch over 360°
- 0.05° True Heading
- 1 cm RTK GNSS Position @ 200 Hz
- Post-processing with Qinertia PPK
IMU For Stabilization
The Pulse-40 is a small-sized 6DoF tactical-grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that makes no compromise between size, performance, and cost.
It embeds low noise gyroscopes and accelerometers to deliver optimal performance even in high-frequency and highly-vibrating environments, with low latency.
- Ultra-low noise gyro (0.08°/√h) with excellent bias instability (0.8°/h)
- High-precision Accelerometers (6µg)
- High Bandwidth (480Hz)
- High Quality IMU calibrated from -40°C to 85°C
Ellipse-D
Motion & RTK Position
- 0.05° Roll and Pitch over 360° (RTK)
- 0.2° Heading (Dual Antenna RTK GNSS)
- 1 cm RTK GNSS Position
- Fusion with Pulse or CAN OBDII Odometer
- RS232, RS422, CAN Protocols
Ellipse-D is a compact Inertial Navigation System with integrated RTK GNSS receiver for centimeter-level position.
It provides Roll, Pitch, Heading, and Navigation data. Odometer and RTK corrections can be used as aiding inputs to further enhance the navigation solution.
Ellipse 2 Micro INS
Volume Application
- Designed for volume projects
- High Quality IMU
- 0.1° Roll and Pitch
- Light-Weight – 10 grams
- Connection to GNSS and Odometer
- Benefit from a 2-year warranty
Ellipse 2 Micro INS additionally connects to a GNSS receiver and an odometer for navigation.
Combined with a DMI (odometer) and an RTK GNSS, The Ellipse Micro INS/GNSS provides accurate car position and trajectory even in challenging environments such as urban canyons, tunnel, forest, etc.
Ekinox-D
For Harsh Environments
- 0.02° Roll, Pitch over 360°
- 0.05° True Heading
- 1 cm RTK GNSS Position @ 200 Hz
- Post-processing with Qinertia PPK
Ekinox-D is an all-in-one RTK INS/GNSS. When connected to an odometer (DMI), the Ekinox2-D provides survey class car’s position and trajectory at 200 Hz, even in GPS challenging environments.
Mobile Mapping, Machine Control, are some surveying application examples where the Ekinox2-D reveals its potential.
Pulse-40 IMU
IMU For Stabilization
- Ultra-low noise gyro (0.08°/√h) with excellent bias instability (0.8°/h)
- High-precision Accelerometers (6µg)
- High Bandwidth (480Hz)
- High Quality IMU calibrated from -40°C to 85°C
The Pulse-40 is a small-sized 6DoF tactical-grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that makes no compromise between size, performance, and cost.
It embeds low noise gyroscopes and accelerometers to deliver optimal performance even in high-frequency and highly-vibrating environments, with low latency.
Case studies
Ellipse-A mini AHRS chosen for Remotely Operated Rockbreakers
Transmin is an Australian company established in Perth which provides innovative engineered equipment and services to the mining-resources and bulk materials handling industries. Since 1987, the company has been manufacturing Rock Breakers, Heavy Duty Bin Isolation Gates, Low Profile Feeders, Belt Feeders, and packaged Reagent Plants for Lime and Flocculant. Their rock breaker control system … Continued
Ellipse-D solution for autonomous navigation
UNMANNED SOLUTION, a South-Korean company based in Seoul, is dedicated to the development of autonomous vehicles of all kinds. They develop numerous different projects and activities, such as driverless shuttles, autonomous agricultural equipment, robots, and educational platforms. The First Agricultural Tractor Integrating an Auto Guidance System in South Korea Among these projects is … Continued
Coast Autonomous equips its driverless shuttle with Ellipse-D
Our esteemed partner Coast Autonomous, a company providing self-driving mobility solutions such as autonomous golf cart or utility vehicles, integrated our Ellipse-D inertial navigation sensor in their most recent P-1 shuttle. Driverless transportation solutions in urban environments It is with the idea of “giving back the city to people” that Coast Autonomous invented the … Continued
The Mars Rover Project The McGill Robotics team designed the robot to participate in two international competitions which required every team to operate their rover, from a hidden control center, in a Mars-like desert environment through various runs to accomplish complex tasks. These tasks involved traversing rough terrains, carrying payload to remote locations, servicing a … Continued
Tips
Some models from SBG Systems such as the Ellipse2-D integrate a bi-frequency or tri-frequency GNSS receiver allowing centimetric-level RTK or decimetric level Precise Point Positioning (Terrastar, Omnistar, etc.).
SBG inertial sensors are highly resistant to chock and vibrations (up to 8g RMS). They also embed specific algorithms to filter vibrations. When choosing accelerometers option, note that the 16 g accelerometer is the best option for harsh environments.