Industrial Applications News

Xsens explores the world modeling

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

A delegation of the Xsens research team went to Linköping University to take part in the learning world models workshop organized by Thomas Schön and Giorgio Grisetti. This workshop, sponsored by Cadics and Xsens set the stage for a two day period of generating and discussion of new idea's related to identification and modeling. Xsens' interest for the workshop was... >> Full Story

Xsens releases landmark algorithm for stable 3D tracking in magnetically distorted environments

Wednesday, 07 July 2010

ENSCHEDE, Netherlands,—July 6, 2010— Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced the general availability of its KinematicCoupling (KiCTM) algorithm in its newly released software suite MVN Studio 3.0 for professional grade human motion capture. Xsens MVN will be on show at the SIGGRAPH conference (July 27-29, 2010) in Los... >> Full Story

MEMS Motion Sensing Meets Hollywood

Thursday, 20 May 2010

Analog Devices Inc., (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, and Xsens Technologies B.V., a leading supplier of 3D motion tracking products, have collaborated to develop real-time motion capture technology that is being used for character animation in major motion pictures, including the 2010 releases of... >> Full Story

Fugro Subsea Technologies purchases another batch of MTi’s

Thursday, 06 May 2010

Fugro Subsea Technologies Singapore has purchased 10 Xsens MTi’s for use in their FCV ROV. Fugro Subsea Technologies now uses several tens of MTi’s for the stabilization of their ROV fleet. For more information on Fugro Subsea Technologies, visit http://www.fugro.sg/rovmanufacturing.htm Image courtesy of Fugro >> Full Story

Xsens presents 10,000th Motion Tracker at Oceanology International 2010

Thursday, 11 March 2010

LONDON, March 10th - At Oceanology International 2010 in London, Xsens’ 10,000th Motion Tracker was presented. During a celebration lunch for Xsens 10th anniversary Casper Peeters, CEO of Xsens, handed over an award with the 10,000th Motion Tracker embedded to Simon Partridge, Engineering Director of Sonardyne.  "Sonardyne is a valued customer of us," says Casper... >> Full Story

Xsens: 10 Years in Motion

Thursday, 28 January 2010

Founded in 2000, Xsens has evolved into a leading supplier of 3D motion tracking products. Various awards and listings underline the success of the company and the importance of our products for the marketplace. More important though, hundreds of customers worldwide successfully utilize our technology and count on the performance and quality that Xsens stands for. We... >> Full Story

Xsens products used in two articles in InsideGNSS

Monday, 18 January 2010

In the latest Inside GNSS magazine two articles were included about applications that use Xsens Motion Trackers. In an article about the Burredo UAV, designed by the University of Florida, an Xsens MTi-G was used for control and stabilization of the flying platform. In an article about the DINGPOS project, the Xsens MTi was used together with a software GNSS receiver... >> Full Story

Xsens receives Innovation Award

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

The High Growth Award for Innovation 2009 was awarded to Xsens. The High Growth Awards are awarded annually to Dutch enterprises with exceptional revenue growth, combined with high quality in areas such as strategy, market positioning, finance and IT. Xsens won the Award for Innovation because of a consistent execution of a clear strategy. “Xsens advances the... >> Full Story

MTi and MTi-G are now delivered from stock

Tuesday, 06 October 2009

As of October 1st, Xsens will deliver its standard MTi and MTi-G from stock. This means that shipment will take place within 48 hours after reception of the order. Shipping within 48 hours is important for Xsens’ customers who rely on a trustworthy partner in business. Conditions do apply, ask your sales representative for more... >> Full Story

Xsens MTi in AsteRxi high-quality multi-sensor GNSS receiver

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Septentrio launches inertially aided GNSS solutions The Xsens MTi is used in the Septentrio AsteRxiTM multi-sensor GNSS receiver Septentrio launched AsteRxiTM, its first multi-sensor GNSS receiver. AsteRxiTM processes high-quality GNSS measurements with IMU-measurements to generate an enhanced integrated position.... >> Full Story

Xsens in panel MEMS Executive Congress

Monday, 28 September 2009

Xsens' CTO Per Slycke is one of the panelists in the MEMS Executive Congress panel on "Bio/Medical Devices and MEMS". This year’s congress will be held on November 4-6 in Sonoma, California. At the MEMS Executive Congress leaders from the entire MEMS supply chain—many joined by their OEM customers—will discuss innovations in MEMS on... >> Full Story

Xsens research awarded during ICUWB

Monday, 14 September 2009

Xsens research awarded during ICUWB  At the International Conference of Ultra Wideband (http://www.icuwb2009.org) the research of Jeroen Hol, a PhD researcher at Xsens was awarded the “Best Student Paper” award. Jeroen Hol submitted his research on “Tightly Coupled UWB/IMU Pose Estimation”. In his paper a 6DOF tracking system... >> Full Story

Xsens Technologies included in the Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR 100)

Wednesday, 02 September 2009

Xsens Technologies has been included in the Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR 100), a list with profiles of the 100 leading companies serving the global subsea market. The MTR 100 is a list with a constantly growing significance in the industry and shows profiles of large and small companies, based all over the world. As the only MEMS... >> Full Story

Xsens US office operational

Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Xsens has opened a Los Angeles based office to serve its North American customer base. The initial team focuses on motion capture for the Entertainment industry. The team operates out of Lacy Studio Loft, a recently refurbished warehouse centrally located in Los Angeles. In order to support our continuously expanding customer base, especially those in film production... >> Full Story

MTi-G accuracy put to the test in AEC jet aircraft

Thursday, 06 August 2009

In a test with the test aircraft Aero L-29 Delfin jet of the Avionics Engineering Center (AEC, Ohio University) research engineers have proven that the Miniature GPS-aided Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) MTi-G of Xsens provides excellent attitude and heading accuracy even during high dynamic flight tests. Flight tests were conducted by mounting a Honeywell... >> Full Story

Xsens and Time Domain Partner to Advance Entertainment Industry 3D Tracking Technology

Monday, 03 August 2009

Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in 3D tracking systems, and Time Domain Corporation, the leader in ultra wideband (UWB) real‐time location systems (RTLS), today announced a partnership that will advance the entertainment industry’s 3D tracking and motion capture systems. Xsens will unveil the new tracking system’s capabilities at this week’s SIGGRAPH... >> Full Story

Xsens MTx used for new Star Trek movie

Monday, 18 May 2009

For the new Star Trek movie lots of visual effects camera shots where done by ILM. For making the previs movies ILM used the Xsens MTx motion tracker to control the position of the camera in 3D. >> Full Story

Breakthrough performance increase of miniature MEMS inertial sensing technology

Wednesday, 22 April 2009

Xsens Technologies has completed the staged release of the new generation MTi and MTi-G, its miniature MEMS based Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS). With the latest developments (described below), the MTi and MTi-G can be used in applications where MEMS technology was not suitable before. >> Full Story

Xsens is proud to present its new corporate design

Thursday, 19 March 2009

After almost ten years Xsens presents a new logo that better reflects the growth and ambition of our company - while respecting our technology and innovation driven roots. We feel that the new logo perfectly represents Xsens: a group of talented people dedicated to deliver cutting-edge inertial motion tracking products with best-in-class performance and outstanding... >> Full Story

New release MTi and MTi-G

Thursday, 27 November 2008

In December 2008, Xsens completes the staged release of the new generation MTi and MTi-G, its miniature MEMS based Attitude and Heading Reference Systems. The release features new sensor electronics, new algorithms (in firmware) and now also a new software development kit (v3.1.1). >> Full Story

High Growth Award

Thursday, 20 November 2008

On November 18, 2008, Xsens received the Silver High Growth Award Oost-Nederland. The organizing committee Port4Growth assessed the quality of 128 fast-growing companies in The Netherlands. >> Full Story

Xsens acquires Utellus

Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Strategic move by Xsens to build on its leadership in aided inertial tracking systems. Xsens has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Utellus B.V., a privately held technology company with deep knowledge of impulse-radio Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) technology and applications.    >> Full Story

King Willem I award

Friday, 30 May 2008

Xsens Technologies came in second at the King Willem I award ceremony that was held at the Theater Dilligentia in The Hague on May 29th. The prices were handed out by Crown-Prince Willem Alexander, future King of The Netherlands. >> Full Story

Minister visits Xsens

Monday, 04 February 2008

The Dutch Minister of Finance, Wouter Bos visited the Eastern region of the Netherlands to analyze its innovation and economical strength. Since he is very interested in the process of translating scientific knowledge to a commercial market, the province suggested visiting Xsens Technologies B.V. >> Full Story

Release: Moven Studio 2.0

Tuesday, 08 January 2008

Moven Studio is a software application for motion capturing with the Moven suit. The Moven Studio software is a Windows XP/Vista application with intuitive UI. It records motion capture data with ease and contains real-time visualization, playback and basic editing tools. >> Full Story

The Deloitte EMEA Technology Fast500

Monday, 17 December 2007

As one of the fastest growing companies of The Netherlands, Xsens also is listed as one of the fastest growing of all technology companies in Europe, Middle East and Africa! After the great result for 2006 (157th place in the Deloitte EMEA Technology Fast500), Xsens improved it's ranking for 2007: 142nd! >> Full Story