A usability perspective into gesture for human-swarm teaming
C.K. Lee · The UNSW Canberra at ADFA Journal of Undergraduate Engineering Research · 2018
From a very young age, before we can walk or talk, humans communicate non-verbally by using body language, also known as gestures. Studies have shown that young children can readily learn how to communicate with gestures before they can talk [5]. This thesis will look into how effective gestures are at controlling complex tasks such as swarm motion over the traditional keyboard control method. Swarm robotics is an emerging field which aims to use lots of smaller robots that can cover a larger area then one large robot. The challenge with this is that traditional methods such as a keyboard might not be suitable to control a swarm. As swarm motion can be very complex, using a more intuitive way to control the swarm will result in increased efficiency of the swarm [14].