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This paper presents a low-cost gesture-based remote control of a robotic hand. The proposed control architecture is based on a commercial leap motion sensor and an Arduino board, which have been chosen due to their low-cost and user-friendly features. A specific Matlab code has been implemented to collect data from the leap motion sensor and to generate proper instructions to control a robotic hand, which has been 3D print at Sheffield Hallam University. Experimental tests have been carried out validate the effectiveness of the proposed remote control for performing various grasping tasks.
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Dawes, F., Penders, J., Carbone, G. (2019). Remote Control of a Robotic Hand Using a Leap Sensor. In: Carbone, G., Gasparetto, A. (eds) Advances in Italian Mechanism Science. IFToMM ITALY 2018. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 68. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03320-0_36
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