IMU Placement on Your ROV

In your ROV setup, where exactly is the IMU physically mounted?

Hi @halaabu -
Maybe you’re asking generally, for non BlueROV2 vehicles? On the BlueROV2, the IMU is onboard the Navigator or Pixhawk autopilot, which is on the starboard side of the electronics enclosure, towards the front. The Autopilot orientation parameter is thus set to “Roll90.” ArudPilot allows you to specify the placement of this offset vs. the vehicle center of mass as well.

Hi @halaabu, welcome to the forum :slight_smile:

Usually there’s a reason for wanting to know something like this, so relative to what (e.g. the camera, the frame, the vehicle’s center of mass/buoyancy/control, etc)?

Measuring on the CAD model provided in the BlueROV2 product page (in the technical details section), the IMU is located here, relative to the vehicle frame:

That said, the tolerances of the frame and mountings mean those measurements may be off by a few mm or so.

It’s also worth noting that the magnetometers (used for compass heading measurements) are located at slightly different points on the Navigator board: