Advances in Sensing Technologies for Inertial Stabilization
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensing and Imaging".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 April 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanical control system, including inertial stabilization technology, vibration rejections, and image-based visual serving system
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Interests: indirect-driven precision control; complex vibration rejection; nonlinear control technology; lightweight gimbal design; high-sampling signal processing; multi-sensor fusion control
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inertial stabilization technologies are used to stabilize sensors, cameras, and telescopes to achieve applications such as target tracking, communications, and astronomical telescopes. With the continuous advancement in sensors and mechanical technologies, the requirements of inertial stabilization are becoming increasingly rigorous, but controlling or stabilizing the line of sight (LOS) is the common objective for inertial stabilization. The LOS can be the center of the field of view (FOV) so that deflection of LOS means the loss of target or the blurring of image, which can be summarized into factors like external disturbance, flexibility in the system, and mechanical inaccuracy or fault. High-sensitivity and -stability sensors are employed to design a desired performance in an inertial stabilization platform to control LOS and realize precise nonlinearity isolation and disturbance rejection. Sensor-based control structure also becomes a vital research area in the field of inertial stabilization.
This Special Issue invites manuscripts that introduce the recent advances in Inertial Stabilization. All theoretical, numerical, and experimental papers are welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Inertial sensors trends;
- Inertial sensor-based measurement and control methods;
- Robust disturbance rejection;
- Signal processing in inertial stabilization control;
- Inertial stabilization platform.
Dr. Tao Tang
Dr. Zhiyong Yu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- inertial sensors trends
- inertial sensor-based measurement and control methods
- robust disturbance rejection
- signal processing in inertial stabilization control
- inertial stabilization platform
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