IMU Data to Motion: Tutorial for Translating Sensor Data into Real-World Movement

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Introduction

Setup
A Qwiic cable, some jumper wires, a couple of servos, and you're good to go. (3D printed rig optional)

Over the Years, we’ve carried quite a number of IMUs. And why not? Inertial Motion Units are used in an incredibly broad array of products, from robots to rockets, smart watches to structural components, electronic stabilization systems to exoskeletons. IMUs combine several sensors to provide data about movement and orientation in three-dimensional space, utilizing an accelerometer and gyroscope in the case of a 6DoF sensor (six degrees of freedom), or an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer in the case of a 9DoF (nine degrees of freedom).