Implementation of a ROS based hand gesture controlled robot control

Abstract

This project consists of designing and building a hand gesture-controlled robot arm platform. The appropriate hardware equipment suitable for the desired tasks and for the robot arm movement are selected. Moreover, the robot arm architecture is designed. Then, the Robot Operating System (ROS) is used for the software implementation, synchronization and communication of the system. The first ROS node which recognize the hand gestures is coded on the laptop whereas the second node which controls the servos of the robot is build on the raspberry pi. The data is sent to second node in real time to generate appropriate control signals for the robot servos. The robot arm is 3D