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GPS-Free Positioning (MINT)
Contact: Thomas Gordon
Mailing address:
National Robotics Engineering Center
10 40th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Associated center(s) / consortia:
 National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC)
Project Homepage
This page last updated - June 2010.
Overview
NREC is developing MINT (Micro-Inertial Navigation Technology), a wearable navigation and localization aid.


MINT locates a person by keeping track of his or her footsteps. No satellites or other external references are needed; instead, it uses shoe-mounted, miniaturized radar and inertial measurement units (IMUs). MINT is intended for places where GPS isn’t available: inside buildings, underground, and beneath the tree canopy in forested areas.


MINT is being developed in cooperation with Carnegie Mellon’s Electrical and Computer Engineering department and is sponsored by DARPA.

The Robotics Institute is part of the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.
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