Chapter 15
Hand Gestures Recognition Model
for Augmented Reality Robotic
Applications
Youshaa Murhij and Vladimir Serebrenny
Abstract Augmented reality (AR) is a research promising field. Its main idea is
to integrate and merge the virtual world with the real world. Augmented reality
could improve or enhance our perception of the real world by integrating virtual
objects. The existing hand gesture applications related to augmented reality can
detect hand motion or track it in addition to the ability to construct a 3D model of
tracked hand using markers and motion sensing devices like Kinect, LeapMotion,
and AR/VR instruments. In this paper, a hand gesture recognition model based on
deep convolutional neural network is proposed to be used in 3D virtual environments
for robotic teleportation. This model is tested on HTC VIVE Pro AR/VR instruments
using the VIVE eye and on a Kinect v2 to control an industrial manipulator in real
time using only the hand movements in both online and offline control modes.
15.1 Introduction
In the field of robotics, augmented and virtual reality applications focus on telepor-
tation missions. So, the robot or the manipulator will follow the movements of the
user in real time to achieve a remote-control task. Which means, the more accurate
the tracking and recognizing system is, the more reliable teleportation system we
get. Based on the researches in the last few years, we can say the neural networks
and artificial intelligent took the lead from old image processing techniques which
encouraged us to integrate them in our project to build recognition and tracking
system to construct three-dimensional (3D) hand models to be used in 3D virtual
environment.
Y. Murhij (B ) · V. Serebrenny
Robotic Systems and Mechatronics Department, Bauman Moscow State Technical University,
Moscow, Russia
e-mail: murkhizhyu@student.bmstu.ru
V. Serebrenny
e-mail: vsereb@bmstu.ru
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