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With the increasing demand for human-computer interaction (HCI), flexible wearable gloves have emerged as a promising solution in virtual reality, medical rehabilitation, and industrial automation. However, the current technology still has…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Huazhi Dong , Chunpeng Wang , Mingyuan Jiang , Francesco Giorgio-Serchi , Yunjie Yang

In this paper, we present an efficient method to incrementally learn to classify static hand gestures. This method allows users to teach a robot to recognize new symbols in an incremental manner. Contrary to other works which use special…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-14 Xavier Cucurull , Anaís Garrell

This paper proposes an idea of building an interface to merge the existing technologies like Image processing, Internet of Things, Sixth sense, etc. at one place to reduce the hardware restrictions imposed on a user and improve the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-09-05 Shubhankar Mohan , Aditi Chaudhary , Prachie Gupta , Ritu Tiwari

A plethora of biometric measures have been proposed in the past. In this paper we introduce a new potential biometric measure: the human tremor. We present a new method for identifying the user of a handheld device using characteristics of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2016-06-23 Oana Miu , Adrian Zamfir , Corneliu Florea

In this study, we present a wireless (non-contact) gesture recognition method using only incoherent light wave signals reflected from a human subject. In comparison to existing radar, light shadow, sound and camera-based sensing systems,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-14 Md Zobaer Islam , Li Yu , Hisham Abuella , John F. O'Hara , Christopher Crick , Sabit Ekin

Tactile gesture recognition systems play a crucial role in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) by enabling intuitive communication between humans and robots. The literature mainly addresses this problem by applying machine learning techniques to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Shaohong Zhong , Alessandro Albini , Giammarco Caroleo , Giorgio Cannata , Perla Maiolino

Providing users with accurate gestural interfaces, such as gesture recognition based on wrist-worn devices, is a key challenge in mixed reality. However, static machine learning processes in gesture recognition assume that training and test…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Junxiao Shen , Matthias De Lange , Xuhai "Orson" Xu , Enmin Zhou , Ran Tan , Naveen Suda , Maciej Lazarewicz , Per Ola Kristensson , Amy Karlson , Evan Strasnick

Reaction time (RT) is a fundamental measure in cognitive and neurophysiological assessment, yet most existing RT systems require active user engagement and controlled environments, limiting their use in real-world settings. This paper…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2026-03-13 Abhigyan Sarkar , Boris Rubinsky

The ability of robots to recognize human gestures facilitates a natural and accessible human-robot collaboration. However, most work in gesture recognition remains rooted in reference frame-dependent representations. This poses a challenge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-12 Arno Verduyn , Maxim Vochten , Joris De Schutter

Gesture recognition opens up new ways for humans to intuitively interact with machines. Especially for service robots, gestures can be a valuable addition to the means of communication to, for example, draw the robot's attention to someone…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-07-01 Pascal Schneider , Raphael Memmesheimer , Ivanna Kramer , Dietrich Paulus

Gesture recognition is a perceptual user interface, which is based on CV technology that allows the computer to interpret human motions as commands, allowing users to communicate with a computer without the use of hands, thus making the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-08 Rishabh Naulakha , Shubham Gaur , Dhairya Lodha , Mehek Tulsyan , Utsav Kotecha

Hand Gesture Recognition (HGR) based on inertial data has grown considerably in recent years, with the state-of-the-art approaches utilizing a single handheld sensor and a vocabulary comprised of simple gestures. In this work we explore the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-05-06 Matej Králik , Marek Šuppa

This work presents NeuroTouch, an optical-based tactile sensor that combines a highly deformable dome-shaped soft material with an integrated neuromorphic camera, leveraging frame-based and dynamic vision for gesture detection. Our approach…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-02-03 Victor Hoffmann , Federico Paredes-Valles , Valentina Cavinato

Human dexterity relies on rapid, sub-second motor adjustments, yet capturing these high-frequency dynamics remains an enduring challenge in biomechanics and robotics. Existing motion capture paradigms are compromised by a trade-off between…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-30 Haoyang Luo , Zihang Zhao , Leiyao Cui , Saiyao Zhang , Liu Yang , Zhi Han , Xiyuan Tang , Yixin Zhu

To improve the control of wearable robotics for gait assistance, we present an approach for continuous locomotion mode recognition as well as gait phase and stair slope estimation based on artificial neural networks that include time…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Florian Weigand , Andreas Höhl , Julian Zeiss , Ulrich Konigorski , Martin Grimmer

Lower limb exoskeletons and prostheses require precise, real time gait phase and step detections to ensure synchronized motion and user safety. Conventional methods often rely on complex force sensing hardware that introduces control…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Anis R. Shakkour , David Hexner , Yehuda Bitton , Avishai Sintov

Ultrasound imaging of the forearm has demonstrated significant potential for accurate hand gesture classification. Despite this progress, there has been limited focus on developing a stand-alone end- to-end gesture recognition system which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Keshav Bimbraw , Haichong K. Zhang , Bashima Islam

Acuity assessments are vital in critical care settings to provide timely interventions and fair resource allocation. Traditional acuity scores rely on manual assessments and documentation of physiological states, which can be…

We introduce a novel approach to user authentication called Motion ID. The method employs motion sensing provided by inertial measurement units (IMUs), using it to verify the persons identity via short time series of IMU data captured by…

In this paper, we investigate a potential security vulnerability associated with wrist wearable devices. Hardware components on common wearable devices include an accelerometer and gyroscope, among other sensors. We demonstrate that an…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-05-01 Lambert T. Leong , Sean Wiere