OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000002382

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

Published: 2026-09-15T19:12:38.085636Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002382
Categories: Robotics & Automation > Robot Architectures

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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.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000002382
Published 2026-09-15T19:12:38.085636Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002382