Humanoid robot upper limb control using microsoft kinect

Abstract

This research describes novel approaches of controlling a Humanoid Robot's upper limbs by implementing a mimicry system. In the robotics arena, keyboard, joysticks and controllers are expended as the principal admix, for transmission data and instructions to the various types of robots accessible. These measures are time consuming and tend to be multifaceted. The use of visual stimuli is considered as one of the utmost solution to this problem. The system will be used to control a humanoid robot's upper limb. The Humanoid robot's upper limbs were connected to a Arduino microcontroller and driven by standard servos. The Mimicry system encompassed a Microsoft Kinect as a visual sensor to capture all the user's upper limb movements. which were processed to map the robot's upper limbs. The system achieved a mapping accuracy of 90% was attained during the testing phase under optimum conditions.