Naturalistic gestures based Human Robot Interaction on a UGV for outdoor use

Human Robot interaction (HRI) is the study of interaction between humans and robots. Such interaction can be difficult when untrained people use robots. This work is mainly focus on untrained users in the developing world, i.e. people with less exposure to technology, and less familiarity with interaction methods. This paper reports on work to develop a prototype for gesture based communication between untrained humans and mobile robots (UGVs), in the form of a wearable device on the hand. The study robot is the Husky A200 from Clear path Robotics.