Real-time Robot Control Using Leap Motion Technology

Unlike pre-programmed controlling, real-time control of a 6-DOF manipulator is a complex task which involves physical interaction with a traditional manual controller clustered with numerous joysticks. This take lot of joystick movements in order to bring the robotic arm to a position followed by an action with the end-effector. Using the latest technology in human computer interaction, i.e. Leap Motion, we can reduce the complexity of this task to minimum effort by making the robotic arm mimic human hand in real time

Visual Servoing Using an Autonomous Quadcopter

The goal of this project is to make autonomous quadcopter track and follow a given object in 3D space. We use visual servoing and adapted such that it can autonomously guide a quadcopter. In this poster we explain the technique and results

Real-Time Robot Control Using Leap Motion A Concept of Human-Robot Interaction

© ASEE 2015With the advent of robots in various industries, countless tasks that are complex for humans are made easier than ever before. Thanks to their functionality and accuracy we are able to achieve high productivity while investing less cost. As we see into our future of manufacturing industries, we also see that robots will replace most of the human workers to achieve faster production. All these areas use automated robotic arms which do certain tasks assigned to them with amazing speeds and pin point accuracy, because of the mathematical calculations done by the computer and are not manually controlled by humans. However, no robot can match the dexterity of a human hand. In order to control a robotic arm manually, the operator should carefully manipulate every joint in the arm to a perfect angle. Just as it sounds, it is very tedious to control them manually, that’s why they are left to the computers. But, areas such as medicine, space research, and military robotics require robot arms to be manually controlled to operate with objects that cannot be dealt with human hands. Existing systems provide traditional controllers that are not efficient to handle a robotic arm and is time consuming. To achieve speed and accuracy like automated robots, we need a new approach that can bridge this gap. Here comes the Leap Motion Technology, a latest invention in Human-Computer interaction area. Using this device we track a human hand in air accurate to millimeter. The position of hand is then used to calculate the joint angles that in turn help us to rotate the robotic arm joints by the computer with blazing speeds

Design and Development of near space Robotic Monkey

High altitude robotics provides an opportunity to explore the “Near space” environment. Our project proposes to create a prototype of a high altitude robotic monkey puppet, which can operate in near space conditions. This project is envisioned around the first animal that USA sent to into space monkey named ALBERT1(Fig 1). This high altitude robotic puppet HAM (High Altitude Monkey), is scheduled to be launched as a payload on a helium balloon. Commanded from a ground station at the University of Bridgeport, HAM can execute a set of predetermined actions, with a live video feedback both from within and outside the payload capsule. This paper outlines and discusses the several technical and logistical design challenges and solutions encountered in the design and development of HAM