Inertial Navigation Systems (INS)
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Nortek’s Nucleus1000 navigation sensor suite is now available with full inertial navigation system (INS) capabilities, enabling absolute position outputs to be obtained.
These outputs are gained using the Nucleus’s on-board inertial and acoustic sensor package.
With these new capabilities, the company asserts people working in the subsea industry now have access to the most compact, most affordable and most accurate complete inertial/acoustic navigation system of its class available on the market.
With a heading sensor that measures relative to magnetic north, as well as integrated temperature and pressure sensors, the Nucleus with INS introduces the most compact, most affordable and most accurate complete inertial/acoustic navigation system of its class yet.
This comes with a series of new updates to the Nucleus package, including:
- New drivers, easing the software development and integration process, including BlueOS, Python, ROS2 and third-party survey software packages
- 1000m depth rated version
- “No license required” option (currently only available for DVL + AHRS version)
In addition to a dedicated INS data stream, the Nucleus software can show a vehicle’s location in real time on a map using inputs from its sensors and Nortek’s navigation algorithms.
The Nucleus1000 is a preconfigured, pre-synchronized navigation package, with users now able to add a convenient source of basic positioning to their vehicle without substantial time, cost and payload demands.
The Nucleus only needs to be provided with a GPS position to begin navigating using absolute positioning.
Providing earth-referenced position to a vehicle control system means that users who need to know where they are, where they’ve been and where they’re going now have a preconfigured, pre-synchronized navigation package.
Prior to this, users would have to fuse data from multiple different sensors to obtain a reliable position output, either through their own software or additional third-party packages.
