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The design and evaluation of an ergonomic contactless gesture control system for industrial robots

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dc.creator Tang, Gilbert
dc.creator Webb, Phil
dc.date 2018-10-29T16:30:29Z
dc.date 2018-10-29T16:30:29Z
dc.date 2018-05-14
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:39:26Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:39:26Z
dc.identifier Gilbert Tang and Phil Webb. The design and evaluation of an ergonomic contactless gesture control system for industrial robots. Journal of Robotics, Volume 2018, Article number 9791286
dc.identifier 1687-9600
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9791286
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13591
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182446
dc.description In industrial human-robot collaboration, variability commonly exists in the operation environment and the components, which induces uncertainty and error that require frequent manual intervention for rectification. Conventional teach pendants can be physically demanding to use and require user training prior to operation. Thus, a more effective control interface is required. In this paper, the design and evaluation of a contactless gesture control system using Leap Motion is described. The design process involves the use of RULA human factor analysis tool. Separately, an exploratory usability test was conducted to compare three usability aspects between the developed gesture control system and an off-the-shelf conventional touchscreen teach pendant. This paper focuses on the user-centred design methodology of the gesture control system. The novelties of this research are the use of human factor analysis tools in the human-centred development process, as well as the gesture control design that enable users to control industrial robot’s motion by its joints and tool centre point position. The system has potential to use as an input device for industrial robot control in a human-robot collaboration scene. The developed gesture control system was targeting applications in system recovery and error correction in flexible manufacturing environment shared between humans and robots. The system allows operators to control an industrial robot without the requirement of significant training.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
dc.rights Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject human-robot interaction
dc.subject robotics
dc.subject human-robot interface
dc.subject user interface
dc.subject robot control
dc.subject ergonomic design
dc.subject industrial robot
dc.title The design and evaluation of an ergonomic contactless gesture control system for industrial robots
dc.type Article


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