Hand Gesture Recognition and Tracking Control for a Virtual UR5 Robot Manipulator

Alex Chico, Patricio J. Cruz, Juan Pablo Vásconez, Marco E. Benalcázar, Robin Álvarez, Lorena Barona, Ángel Leonardo Valdivieso

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16 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Human-machine interfaces (HMIs) have received an increased attention during the past decades, specially due to the use of robots in many fields of the industry. In this paper, we employ a hand gesture recognition (HGR) system and the inertial measurement unit (IMU) integrated in the Myo Armband sensor as a HMI to control the position and orientation of a virtual six-degree-of-freedom (DoF) UR5 robot. As part of the HMI, this work also focuses on solving the trajectory tracking problem for the UR5 robot using two different control strategies: a minimum norm PID and a controller based on linear algebra. Both controllers are designed from the UR5 kinematic model. Finally, we test and compare their performance by computing their IAE performance criterion and the position errors obtained from two experiments: tracking pre-defined input trajectories and commanding the virtual robot by the HGR system plus the Myo Armband's IMU signals.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationETCM 2021 - 5th Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting
EditorsMonica Karel Huerta, Sebastian Quevedo, Carlos Monsalve
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781665441414
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Oct 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event5th IEEE Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting, ETCM 2021 - Cuenca, Ecuador
Duration: 12 Oct 202115 Oct 2021

Publication series

NameETCM 2021 - 5th Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting

Conference

Conference5th IEEE Ecuador Technical Chapters Meeting, ETCM 2021
Country/TerritoryEcuador
CityCuenca
Period12/10/2115/10/21

Keywords

  • Hand Gesture Recognition
  • Human Robot Interface
  • Movement Tracking
  • Virtual Robotic Manipulator

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Control and Optimization

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