We propose a novel operating method for a bipedal walking robot through personalized gesture expressions of fingers. Bipedal walking robot mimics the human walking for a certain extend and fingers can be used as analogy to human legs. By employing the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer and multitouch screen, the robot can replicate a humanistic walking motion, running, kicking or turning, very easily. We are capturing these finger gestures as the controlling method for a bipedal walking robot. We believe that it provides a very intuitive controlling interface since user does not has to go through a complex learning cycle to understand the instructions. Finger actions are captured in both functionality and speed and transferred to the robot.
The idea is to make the robot’s motion as intuitive as possible. Most controller commands, like joysticks, paddles and buttons, don’t have any natural relation to each other. That’s why you keep getting fragged in Modern Warfare; until you become very familiar with the controls, your knee-jerk reactions aren’t necessarily the ones programmed into the game. By making the robot respond to commands that the user already knows, they’ve created a sort of universal remote that anyone can pick up and start using.
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