---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002382"
title: "Teaching a robot system using hand gesture control and visual-inertial-odometry"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:12:38.085636Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002382"
categories:
  - "robotics-automation/robot-architectures"
keywords:
  - "b25j9/163"
  - "b25j9/163"
  - "b25j9/1666"
  - "b25j9/16"
  - "b25j9/1666"
  - "b25j9/1666"
---

# Teaching a robot system using hand gesture control and visual-inertial-odometry

## Abstract

A computer-implemented method of teaching a robot system is provided. The method may comprise detecting, by a first sensor system ( 102 ) of the robot system, an operator's hand gesture ( 103 ), and moving (S 3 ) a robotic arm ( 101 ) of the robot system in accordance with the operator's hand gesture ( 103 ). The method may comprise detecting (S 31 ), by a second sensor system ( 104 ) of the robot system, an impending collision of the robotic arm ( 101 ) with an obstacle ( 105 ), and moving the robotic arm ( 101 ) along at least a section of a collision-free path ( 106 ) around the obstacle ( 105 ). By advantageously combining hand gesture control and visual-inertial-odometry, the invention results in an improved teaching of a robotic arm trajectory.