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In the case of IMU only hector_localization and in fact all localization algorithms aren't applicable. The only thing you can do is integrate information from the IMU depending on what kind of information you get.

For the xsens that means integrating the xyz accelerations and gyros. Expect high drift, very quickly, though.

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