The device was created by Unnecessary Inventions, who shared a video explaining how the setup works and why they built it.
Abstract: Wheel odometry is not often used in state estimation for off-road vehicles due to frequent wheel slippage, varying wheel radii, and the 3D motion of the vehicle not fitting with the 2D ...
It features a compact steering wheel at the center of an otherwise typical controller design. It’s also got force feedback, ...
Abstract: Combining camera, IMU and wheel encoder is a wise choice for car positioning because of the low cost and complementarity of the sensors. We propose a novel extended visual-inertial odometry ...