Ready for Autonomous Driving: Panasonic Industry’s Inertial Measurement Unit
Sensible 4 and Panasonic collaborate in testing new IMU for full self-driving
Eager to take self-driving reliability and accuracy to the next level, Sensible 4 and Panasonic Industry Europe announced a joint test project levering the synergies between Sensible 4’s proven self-driving software and the benefits of Panasonic Industry’s unrivalled Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU).
The main purpose of the investigation has been to reliably prove the 6DoF inertial sensor being ready for autonomous driving - especially in terms of geometrical positioning and perception sensors.
The innovative Level 4 system of Sensible 4 is highly responsive to LiDAR+HD map positioning - and is able to calibrate IMU’s bias, together with calman filter and additional other filters.
- A perfect match for autonomous driving!
Just have a look yourself
We performed several tests to validate the IMUs performance for autonomous driving
- Static tests
- Latency tests
- Planar driving test (in rain)
- Normal driving
- without interruptions
- with braking for objects detected
- with emergency brakes
The average lateral error of only 7.9 cm in these tests matches Sensible4 requirements for autonomous driving level 4
| Lateral error | [cm] |
| Planar driving | 6.7 |
| Normal driving without interruptions |
8.7 |
| Normal driving with braking for objects |
9.0 |
| Normal driving with emergency brakes |
8.4 |
| Planar driving in rain | 6.9 |
| Average | 7.9 |
