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We present an on-device real-time hand gesture recognition (HGR) system, which detects a set of predefined static gestures from a single RGB camera. The system consists of two parts: a hand skeleton tracker and a gesture classifier. We use…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-02 George Sung , Kanstantsin Sokal , Esha Uboweja , Valentin Bazarevsky , Jonathan Baccash , Eduard Gabriel Bazavan , Chuo-Ling Chang , Matthias Grundmann

Nowadays, hand gesture recognition has become an alternative for human-machine interaction. It has covered a large area of applications like 3D game technology, sign language interpreting, VR (virtual reality) environment, and robotics. But…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-02-28 Abir Sen , Tapas Kumar Mishra , Ratnakar Dash

EMG-based gesture recognition shows promise for human-machine interaction. Systems are often afflicted by signal and electrode variability which degrades performance over time. We present an end-to-end system combating this variability…

In this paper, it is introduced a hand gesture recognition system to recognize the characters in the real time. The system consists of three modules: real time hand tracking, training gesture and gesture recognition using Convolutional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Arpita Vats

This paper investigates the direct application of standardized designs on the robot for conducting robot hand-eye calibration by employing 3D scanners with collaborative robots. The well-established geometric features of the robot flange…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Xudong Han , Ning Guo , Yu Jie , He Wang , Fang Wan , Chaoyang Song

With current development universally in computing, now a days user interaction approaches with mouse, keyboard, touch-pens etc. are not sufficient. Directly using of hands or hand gestures as an input device is a method to attract people…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-20 Vandit Gajjar , Viraj Mavani , Ayesha Gurnani

We present and characterize a simple method for detecting pointing gestures suitable for human-robot interaction applications using a commodity RGB-D camera. We exploit a state-of-the-art Deep CNN-based detector to find hands and faces in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-02-08 Bita Azari , Angelica Lim , Richard T. Vaughan

As robots increasingly enter human-centered environments, they must not only be able to navigate safely around humans, but also adhere to complex social norms. Humans often rely on non-verbal communication through gestures and facial…

Despite significant advances in touch and force transduction, tactile sensing is still far from ubiquitous in robotic manipulation. Existing methods for building touch sensors have proven difficult to integrate into robot fingers due to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-04-03 Pedro Piacenza , Keith Behrman , Benedikt Schifferer , Ioannis Kymissis , Matei Ciocarlie

A self-contained calibration procedure that can be performed automatically without additional external sensors or tools is a significant advantage, especially for complex robotic systems. Here, we show that the kinematics of a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Johannes Tenhumberg , Leon Sievers , Berthold Bäuml

Human gesture recognition has assumed a capital role in industrial applications, such as Human-Machine Interaction. We propose an approach for segmentation and classification of dynamic gestures based on a set of handcrafted features, which…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-27 André Brás , Miguel Simão , Pedro Neto

To coordinate actions with an interaction partner requires a constant exchange of sensorimotor signals. Humans acquire these skills in infancy and early childhood mostly by imitation learning and active engagement with a skilled partner.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-15 Judith Bütepage , Ali Ghadirzadeh , Özge Öztimur Karadag , Mårten Björkman , Danica Kragic

Most current anthropomorphic robotic hands can realize part of the human hand functions, particularly for object grasping. However, due to the complexity of the human hand, few current designs target at daily object manipulations, even for…

Markerless tracking of hands and fingers is a promising enabler for human-computer interaction. However, adoption has been limited because of tracking inaccuracies, incomplete coverage of motions, low framerate, complex camera setups, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-02-15 Srinath Sridhar , Franziska Mueller , Antti Oulasvirta , Christian Theobalt

As robots are expected to get more involved in people's everyday lives, frameworks that enable intuitive user interfaces are in demand. Hand gesture recognition systems provide a natural way of communication and, thus, are an integral part…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-02-28 Hassan Ali , Doreen Jirak , Stefan Wermter

In the context of imitation learning applied to dexterous robotic hands, the high complexity of the systems makes learning complex manipulation tasks challenging. However, the numerous datasets depicting human hands in various different…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Davide Liconti , Yasunori Toshimitsu , Robert Katzschmann

Robot grasping is an actively studied area in robotics, mainly focusing on the quality of generated grasps for object manipulation. However, despite advancements, these methods do not consider the human-robot collaboration settings where…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-10 Abhinav K. Keshari , Hanwen Ren , Ahmed H. Qureshi

Hand gesture recognition plays a significant role in human-computer interaction for understanding various human gestures and their intent. However, most prior works can only recognize gestures of limited labeled classes and fail to adapt to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-30 Jinting Wu , Yujia Zhang , Xiaoguang Zhao

Natural muscles provide mobility in response to nerve impulses. Electromyography (EMG) measures the electrical activity of muscles in response to a nerve's stimulation. In the past few decades, EMG signals have been used extensively in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-15 Mohsen Jafarzadeh , Daniel Curtiss Hussey , Yonas Tadesse

Physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) remains a key challenge for achieving intuitive and safe interaction with robots. Current advancements often rely on external tactile sensors as interface, which increase the complexity of robotic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Teresa Sinico , Giovanni Boschetti , Pedro Neto