Wearable Hand Pose Estimation for Remote Control of a Robot on the Moon

• Published in: Journal of robotics and mechatronics Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 829 - 837
• Main Authors: Sugimura, Sota, Hoshino, Kiyoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Fuji Technology Press Co. Ltd 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Algorithms; Astronauts; Cameras; Degrees of freedom; Hand (anatomy); Humanoid; Image contrast; Image processing; Moon; Motion capture; Operators; Palm; Pose estimation; Remote control; Robot control; Robots; Unknown environments; Wearable technology

In recent years, a plan has been developed to conduct an investigation of an unknown environment by remotely controlling an exploration robot system sent to the Moon. For the robot to successfully perform sophisticated tasks, it must implement multiple degrees of freedom in not only its arms and leg...