IMU DRS

Dead reckoning, or the ability to determine current position and navigate based on previous position, may require different methods to calculate in space compared to on Earth, with the promise of greater accuracy. In this project, the accuracy and 'drift' of inbuilt sensors in a cell phone (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, proximity sensor) will be tested via motion and movement-based gestures and compared to those taken on Earth to prove that a wide range of paths can be reconstructed in weightlessness. The results from this study could help inform future spacecraft navigation systems design.