FIVE-DEGREE OF FREEDOM ROBOTIC ARM CONTROLLER BASED ON KINECT TM SENSOR

Abstract

This final project presents a controller for a Five-Degree of Freedom (5-DOF) Robotic Arm which implement KINECTTM Xbox 360 sensor. It is a human-robot interface system that uses an interactive hand pointer for selecting objects on screen via the user’s hand gesture. Built in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, this 5-DOF robotic arm controller application identifies a user’s presence. The Kinect sensor tracks the position of user’s hand by using KINECTTM tracking algorithm default. The user is allowed to control the robotic arm with hand tracking concept while his or her position is in front of the KINECTTM sensor. Certain commands are set on the application enabling to send movement task using a serial communication port to Arduino board. The Arduino board generates signals to be sent to the servo motor of robotic arm. Then the signals are executed so that the robotic arm moves according to the given commands.