For mobile robots to assist people in everyday life, they must be easy to instruct. This paper
describes a gesture-based interface for human robot interaction, which enables people to
instruct robots through easy-to-perform arm gestures. Such gestures might be static pose
gestures, which involve only a specific configuration of the person's arm, or they might be
dynamic motion gestures (such as waving). Gestures are recognized in real-time at
approximate frame rate, using a hybrid approach that integrates neural networks and …

For mobile robots to assist people in everyday life, they must be easy to instruct. This paper
describes a gesture-based interface for human robot interaction, which enables people to
instruct robots through easy-to-perform arm gestures. Such gestures might be static pose
gestures, which involve only a specific configuration of the person's arm, or they might be
dynamic motion gestures (such as waving). Gestures are recognized in real-time at
approximate frame rate, using a hybrid approach that integrates neural networks and …