Research on low-cost attitude estimation for MINS/Dual-antenna GNSS integrated navigation method

Abstract

A high-precision navigation system is required for an unmanned vehicle, and the high-precision sensor is expensive. A low-cost, high-precision, dual-antenna Global Navigation Satellite System/Micro-electromechanical Systems-Inertial Navigation System (GNSS/MINS) combination method is proposed. The GNSS with dual antennas provides velocity, position, and attitude angle information as the measurement information is combined with the MINS. By increasing the heading angle, pitch angle, velocity, the accuracy of the integrated system is improved. The Extended Kalman Filtering (EKF) integrated algorithm simulation is designed to verify the feasibility and is realized based on the Field Programmable Gate Array and Advanced RISC Machine (ARM+FPGA) system. Static and dynamic tests were performed using the Synchronous Position, Attitude and Navigation (SPAN-CPT) as a reference system. The results show that the velocity, position, and attitude angle accuracy were improved. The yaw angle and pitch angle accuracy were 0.2° Root Mean Square (RMS) and 0.3° RMS, respectively. The method can be used as a navigation system for the unmanned vehicle.