Research of the Gesture Control System for a Industrial Robot

Abstract

At present, the programming methods of industrial robots mainly include off-line programming and instructional programming. However, both of the methods are time-consuming and require experienced robotics technicians. In order to improve the interactivity of industrial robot control system, this paper has designed a control system of industrial robot based on hand gestures. The whole system is composed of four parts. The IMU is used in the human hand gesture acquisition, and the signal processing of IMU is analyzed. The relationship between gestures and robot movements in linear motion mode and joint motion mode are analyzed respectively. The ABB IRB 120 robot is used as a test object and its program is designed. Finally, the effectiveness of the method proposed in this paper is validated.