A flexible system for gesture based human-robot interaction

Abstract

In industrial collaborative robotics, operators and robots perform complex tasks working together without physical barriers. Under this premise, the availability of a flexible, robust and fast interaction system between the robot and the workers is a necessity. Human beings use voice and gestures to achieve a natural interaction. Taking into account the environmental conditions usually present in workshops with noise and poor lighting conditions, combining both communication channels can contribute to make the interaction more robust. This research work presents a solution to define, setup and run a flexible and robust gesture interaction system to integrate in collaborative robotics applications.