Bengaluru Mini Maker Faire 2015

Outline

Most of industrial robots are still programmed using the typical teaching process, through the use of the robot teach pendant. In this paper is proposed an accelerometer-based system to control an industrial robot using two low-cost and small 3-axis accelerometers. These accelerometers are attached to the human arms, capturing its behavior (gestures and postures). An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) trained with a back-propagation algorithm was used to recognize arm gestures and postures, which then will be used as input in the control of the robot. The aim is that the robot starts the movement almost at the same time as the user starts to perform a gesture or posture (low response time). The results show that the system allows the control of an industrial robot in an intuitive way. However, the achieved recognition rate of gestures and postures (92%) should be improved in future, keeping the compromise with the system response time (160 milliseconds). Finally, the results of some tests performed with an industrial robot are presented and discussed. Future scope of the project is that people who are physically challenged can use the robotic arm by the electrical signals received from the human brain that is measured by using a brain wave sensor (EEG) information received from the sensor can be given to the robotic arm so that the robotic arm performs as your thoughts.

Speaker bio

Edwin Andews
SPATEZ TECHNOLOGY LLP.
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