Feasibility and application study of gesture control systems for the AR Parrot 2.0 within the inspection industry

Abstract

The inspection of large infrastructures is a labor and cost intensive task. Huge machines and highly specialized teams work on such tasks. In last few years UAVs or drones have been used to inspect large infrastructures. This can save huge costs and increases the safety of such inspection. The operation of such drones is mostly conducted via a controller. In this study the possibility of operating a drone via gesture control systems is elaborated and a show case is build. There for the Myo Armband and the Leap Motion sensor are connected with to AR Parrot 2.0 drone.