Design and Evaluation of Cell Phone Pointing Interface for Robot Control

Abstract

In this work a pointing interface based on human gestures using a mobile phone accelerometer for interaction with robots is proposed. Through this interface the user can sketch stroke gestures on a computer screen using the cell phone accelerometer to make a selection and instruct a robot to perform a task. Selection, cancelation and movement, as well as some additional commands such as stop, pause and resume are supported. All the projected gestures are processed using known image analysis algorithms providing instantaneous position and path information. The proposed interface is experimentally evaluated and the results show that it is efficient, natural, robust and easy to use. It also provides asynchronous robot control with minimum operator effort and engagement.