Gesture Controlled Mobile Robot

Abstract

In this paper, a 3D printed remote-gesture-controlled maneuverable robot is presented. The manipulator system is based on two hand-worn glove controllers, represented by robotic manipulator arm and the robot vehicle. The developed approach of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) employs the Arduino- platform, where both hands are used simultaneously to control the robot, expanding the human-robot interaction to a more humanly accessible design that can remotely control both an industrial style 5-axis robotic manipulator and a robot vehicle using hand gestures. The results prove the viability of using glove controllers for this developed design and the possibility of industrial implementations, such as gesture-controlled robotics that can benefit from further advancement. Moreover, the presented dynamic gesture control methods are a crucial medium for human-robot interaction (HRI).