Efficiency and Learnability Comparison of the Gesture-based and the Mouse-based Telerobotic Systems

Jinyi YU¹, Woojin PAIK^2*
¹ School of Science, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China
wujinyi994@gmail.com
² Dept. of Software Technology, Konkuk University Glocal Campus, Chungju 27478, Republic of Korea
wjpaik@kku.ac.kr (^*Corresponding author)

ABSTRACT: Telerobotic systems enable operators to interact with remote manipulators. Such systems have often been used in hazardous environments. This paper presents a gesture-based telerobotic system using Kinect. Kinect is an essential component of the Natural User Interface (NUI) capable of translating human body motion into telemanipulation commands. In comparison to traditional mouse-based control, the gesture-based system led to faster completion of the remote object moving task and was also easier to learn. Thus, it is possible to conclude that the gesture-based NUI proved a more intuitive and efficient usage than the traditional user interfaces.

KEYWORDS: Telerobotic, Gesture-based control, Natural User Interface, Kinect.

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Jinyi YU, Woojin PAIK, Efficiency and Learnability Comparison of the Gesture-based and the Mouse-based Telerobotic Systems
, Studies in Informatics and Control, ISSN 1220-1766, vol. 28(2), pp. 213-220, 2019. https://doi.org/10.24846/v28i2y201909