Wiimote Robot Control Using Human Motion Models

• As mass-market video game controllers have become more advanced, there has been a recent increase in interest for using these as intuitive and inexpensive control devices. In this paper we examine position control for a robot using a wiimote game controller. We show that human motion models can be used to achieve better precision than traditional tracking approaches, sufficient for simpler tasks. We also present an experiment that shows that very intuitive control an be achieved, as novice subjects can control a robot arm through simple tasks after just a few minutes of practice and minimal instructions.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Robotteknik och automation (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Robotics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Accelerometers

Games

Humans

Intelligent robots

Level control

Motion control

Observability

Position control

Robot control

Target tracking

Other electrical engineering, electronics and photonics

Övrig elektroteknik, elektronik och fotonik

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