In this paper, we present the development and preliminary validation of a wearable system, which is combined with an algorithm interfacing the MYO gesture armband with a Sphero BB-8 robotic device. The MYO armband is a wearable device, which measures real-time EMG signals of the end user’s forearm muscles as they execute a set of upper limb gestures. These gestures are interpreted and transmitted to the computing hardware via the Bluetooth Low Energy IEEE 802.15.1 wireless protocol. The algorithm analyzes and sorts the data and sends a set of commands to the Sphero robotic device while performing navigation movements. After designing and integrating the software and hardware architecture, we have validated the system with two sets of trials involving a series of commands performed in multiple iterations. The consequent reactions of the robots due to these commands, were recorded and the performance of the system was analyzed in a confusion matrix to obtain an average accuracy of the system outcome vs. the expected and desired actions. Results show that our integrated system can satisfactorily interface with the system in an intuitive way, with an accuracy rating of 85.7% and 92.9% for the two tests, respectively. Doi:10.28991/HIJ-2020-01-04-05 Full Text: PDF


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    Title :

    A Wearable MYO Gesture Armband Controlling Sphero BB-8 Robot



    Publication date :

    2020-12-01


    Remarks:

    doi:10.28991/HIJ-2020-01-04-05
    HighTech and Innovation Journal; Vol 1, No 4 (2020): December; 179-186 ; 2723-9535



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    629



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