Applications

Position and orientation for UAV helicopters
OxTS’ GNSS/INS systems are used by many companies in the mobile mapping and airborne laser scanning industry for reliable, high accuracy position, roll, pitch, heading and velocity measurements at data rates up to 250 Hz. Aeroscout in Switzerland have recently equipped UAV helicopter systems with dual-antenna RT3003 systems.

Slip Angle accuracy
How and why does slip angle accuracy change with speed? There are many reasons people want to measure the slip angle of vehicles. These include everything from developing models for electronic stability control systems to evaluating the performance of different compounds of tyre. But no matter what the data will eventually be used for, there's one requirement everyone has in common—they want it to be accurate.

ADAC - Benchmarking advanced emergency brake systems
ADAC has tested 10 different vehicles in order to assess their capability to initiate braking where a collision is imminent as well as when and how effectively the driver is alerted to a collision. In order to quantify the results the OxTS RT-Range system was used.

Autonomous platform for ADAS testing
Testing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) with balloon cars or other soft targets has become increasingly sophisticated with the introduction of the UFO.

GeoTracker New Mobile Mapping System
The newly developed GeoTracker is no ordinary mobile mapping solution. Not only is it a very reasonably priced and yet highly accurate mobile mapping system, GeoTracker also combines the advantages of photogrammetry and laser scanning.

Cone placement files
Cone placement files let you put down cones on a vehicle proving ground using an RT. Here are some files that match common patterns that people require, including some ISO3888 lane change files. 

Inertial+SF3050
You need reliable positioning in the city but your GNSS receiver is not measuring what you want. See how an Inertial+ can improve things for you with this data from London. The SF-3050 is one of the best receivers we have seen in urban conditions but the Inertial+ can still make a BIG improvement to its outputs.

OxTS UDP Server
After the first application runs, all other applications will be blocked from receiving data from the RT and the Inertial+. Using the new OxTS UDP Server multiple applications can receive data from multiple RTs and Inertial+s on the same computer at the same time. Here is how you do it…

Street Imaging with Inertial+
The Inertial+ was used in a high definition street imaging project by XLview in Spain. The Inertial+, which was installed in the vehicle together with a GPS receiver and four cameras, provided essential position and orientation data.

What does GLONASS add?
GLONASS is approaching a full constellation, which means it can now bring some big benefits. Here is how we tested it and showed the improvements that it brings.

Real Time Racing with RT products
The RT3002 systems are being used by Real Time Race to take racing games to the next level: Now you can race against the likes of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton in real-time!

Navigating autonomous vehicles
The RT3003 systems have been used to navigate an autonomously driving vehicle in the 4th European Land Robot Trial (ELROB).

Testing Driver Assistance Systems
The RT-Range systems have been used in a unique series of tests to reveal how well new safety features in different car models work. 

GPS Heading
The RT2502 system combines gyros, accelerometers and two GPS receivers in one small, compact package making it an ideal tool for overcoming the technical difficulties associated with heading measurement.

LIDAR Mobile Mapping
OxTS’s RT3002 and Riegl’s Q120 scanner are perfect for cost effective mobile mapping applications. This application note describes a very simple but effective mobile mapping setup.

ADAS Testing
RT-Range systems from OxTS are used at Applus IDIADA's proving grounds to test and validate the accuracy of ADAS sensors. Tests can be performed with highest accuracy and repeatability in a safe and realisitic environment.

Autonomous vehicles
Unmanned ground vehicles are currently being developed by many companies and universities all over the world. Oxford Technical Solutions' products are successfully used in many autonomous projects.

Save Time testing the dynamics of your vehicle...
The RT products have reduced the testing time of many automotive products. Make your life easy and use these reasons to justify one to your boss...

Comparison of Optical and RT3000 Slip Angle Measurement
When Idiada compared the RT3100 to an Optical Slip Sensor they found that the RT3100 gave exceptionally good results. With faster installation times, more measurement channels and wider bandwidth, the RT3100 is an ideal tool for Slip angle and other measurements.

Pitch and Roll Measurement using the RT3000
Unlike traditional Inertial Navigation Systems, the RT3000 does not need to be reset, it does not drift after circles. The extended Kalman filter in the RT3000 provides continuous updates to the navigation system using GPS, keeping the Pitch and Roll accurate all the time.