Traditionally, robot arms have been controlled either by joysticks, buttons, or very carefully programmed routines. However, for [Narongporn Laosrisin’s] homebrew build, they decided to go with ...

Aircraft carrier crews already use a set of hand gestures and body positions to guide pilots around the deck. But with an increase in unmanned planes, what if the crew could use those same gestures to ...

There are several mechanical contraptions out there that use gesture-control to do what they do. But, just as with anything else, there's always room for some sort of improvement. This new mechanical ...

Although surgeons need to frequently review medical images and records during surgery, they’re also in the difficult position of not being able to touch non-sterile objects such as keyboards, computer ...

Microsoft’s Kinect is being hacked left, right and center, with all sorts of exciting uses in its future. But Willow Garage, purveyor of research humanoid robots, has created the best mashup yet: ...

The team demonstrated the results of their research with a short video showing a human supervising a robot drilling holes in a piece of wood. The interface works on people the robot has never ...

If you've ever wanted to craft a robot that you can control with your hands, you now have a chance of making it a reality: Ziro has started a crowdfunding campaign for its gesture-controlled robot kit ...

Inspired by the control system for the AMP suits in the movie Avatar, [Feelpavan] built this gesture controlled robotic hand. So far there is functionality for the wrists to rotate and bend, as well ...

2010 may go down in history as the year of gesture recognition. We've seen it in TVs, we have it in our video games (thanks, Kinect!), and now we have it in our robots. The Biological Cybernetics Lab ...

Having a personal robotic assistant to help you out in your daily life is a dream based in science fiction, but we're getting closer to that inevitable future every day. And while the lovable Qbo ...

A new gesture controlled robotic arm has been created using a little Arduino hardware together with a Microsoft Kinect sensor the skills of a team of makers. Details and instructions on how the Kinect ...