Author(s)

Xingqiang Jian, Xing Ma, Chunyang Mu and Guohe Tian

Corresponding Author

Chunyang Mu

ABSTRACT

This paper proposes to use a Leap Motion controller to capture human gestures and translate them into control commands to control the robot. In order to verify the feasibility of the gesture interactive control algorithm in advance, simulation verification was first performed in the MATLAB simulation environment. Then we proposed a specific implementation scheme, which can deploy the control algorithm to an actual robot through ROS Toolbox. The results showed that the interactive control of the simulated robot can be quickly implemented in the simulation environment, some errors of the gesture interactive control algorithm can be avoided in advance, and the direct natural operation of the robot by gesture interaction can be easily developed and effectively implemented.

KEYWORDS

Gesture Interaction; Leap Motion; Robot Control; Simulated Robot; ROS Toolbox