Best Axes Composition: Multiple Gyroscopes IMU Sensor Fusion to Reduce Systematic Error

In this paper, we have proposed an algorithm to combine multiple cheap Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) sensors to calculate 3D-orientations accurately. Our approach takes into account the inherent and non-negligible systematic error in the gyroscope model and provides a solution based on the error observed during previous instants of time. Our algorithm, the {\em Best Axis Composition} (BAC), chooses dynamically the most fitted axes among IMUs to improve the estimation performance. We have compared our approach with a probabilistic Multiple IMU (MIMU) approach, and we have validated our algorithm in our collected dataset. As a result, it only takes as few as 2 IMUs to significantly improve accuracy, while other MIMU approaches need a higher number of sensors to achieve the same results.