Wireless control of a board robot using a sensing glove

This study proposes a sensing glove interface for the remote control of a board robot based on Bluetooth wireless communication. A board robot is a type of user-controlled riding robot. The user can use the glove to remotely control the robot´s direction through five commands based on different finger actions - “1” = right, “2” = neutral/straight, “3” = left, “4” = start/operation, and “5” = stop. The sensing glove uses CdS cell sensors and an LED for recognizing these actions, which are measured as analog signals. The commands are transmitted from the user to the board robot through Bluetooth wireless communication. Experimental results show that the proposed sensing glove can effectively control the board robot.