Drift

What is the definition of drift?

Drift is essentially sensor error caused by physical limitations of the sensing technology, because drift is inherent or systemic to the sensor, drift errors accumulate.

What are the applications for drift?

• Autonomous Systems
• Autonomous Agriculture
• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Defence
• Marine
• Subsea
• Surveying

What other terms are related to drift?

• Accuracy
• Bias instability
• Precision

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