Towards Using Natural User Interfaces for Robotic Arm Manipulation

摘要

In this paper, we propose a Natural User Interface (NUI) based on Leap Motion controller which enables intuitive manipulation of a 6-DOF Jaco robotic arm. By using this NUI interface, we aim to study the effects of hand movements and gestures for interaction with a robotic arm. We present a qualitative evaluation of the proposed NUI system by trials with subjects carrying out a standard robotic arm manipulation session using both the conventional joystick interface and the NUI based one. The results are discussed in the last part of the paper.