Performance Study of MTx Motion Tracker Technology for Indoor Geolocation

The objective of this project is to explore the characteristics of inertial systems by using the MTx Motion Tracker technology for indoor geolocation. MTx is an inertial sensing technology that can be used to provide position data without the use of external reference sources. Xsens Technologies from Netherlands has developed this device to record parameters relating to dynamic movements. This inertial measurement unit includes three orthogonal rate-gyroscopes and three orthogonal accelerometers, measuring angular orientation with respect to a fixed coordinates and acceleration in the coordinate of the device. We used these parameters to track the relative positioning and orientation of the device with respect to a known starting location in an indoor environment. We developed a test-bed for performance evaluations to determine the precision of the MTx Motion Tracker. This test-bed is based on two conducted experiments carried out to evaluate the operation of the device. In each experiment, raw acceleration and relative angles data are collected and implemented in our algorithms through the MATLAB software to evaluate the MTx performance. Acknowledgements We would like to sincerely thank individually the efforts of the people that aided in making this Major Qualifying Project a very memorable and interesting experience. Firstly, we would like to thank our advisor, Dr Kaveh Pahlavan, for extending the opportunity of learning about this new industry. For all of the time and effort he put into ensuring that he was there to help us in meetings. Thank you for keeping us motivated. Secondly, we would like to show our gratitude to Doctor of Philosophy students, Ferit Akgul and Yunxing Ye for trying to help us along during Dr. Pahlavan " s absence. Thank you for being so positive towards our project and trying to help in any way possible. Lastly, we would like to thank Graduate student, Yi Wang for contributing ideas to the project and Brian Roberts for introducing the project to the team. We would like to extend our gratitude and express our thanks once again.