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Context-Aware Gesture Interpretation for Semi-Autonomous Robot Control: A Step Towards a Gesture Language for Robots

Jul 2026 · International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies · pp. 1853-1858 · 0 citations · 19 references

Abstract

Over the last decade, significant advances have been made in the field of human robot interaction (HRI), such as collaborative workcells in smart factories and autonomous mobile robots. However, for these systems to achieve widespread societal acceptance, more natural and efficient communication interfaces must be developed. This work proposes a computer vision-based human–robot cooperative system, composed of a set of gestures that, when combined into composite sequences, allow intuitive interaction with the environment. Gesture identification relies on a human pose analysis model based on deep learning, which earned the 1st place in the Flying Robots Demo at RoboCup 2025. The semantic and contextual interpretation of these sequences is conducted by Large Language Models (LLMs). Integration between visual perception and linguistic understanding enables a more expressive and adaptable form of interaction. The developed system achieved a high-fidelity gesture detection model, with average precision and recall of 0.94.

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