JOURNAL OF APPLIED INFORMATICS AND COMPUTING
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2025): June 2025

A Real-Time Hand Gesture Control of a Quadcopter Swarm Implemented in the Gazebo Simulation Environment

Wijaya, Ryan Satria (Unknown)
Prayoga, Senanjung (Unknown)
Fatekha, Rifqi Amalya (Unknown)
Mubarak, Muhammad Thoriq (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Jun 2025

Abstract

With the advancement of technology, human-robot interaction (HRI) is becoming more intuitive, including through hand gesture-based control. This study aims to develop a real-time hand gesture recognition system to control a quadcopter swarm within a simulated environment using ROS and Gazebo. The system utilizes Google's MediaPipe framework for detecting 21 hand landmarks, which are then processed through a custom-trained neural network to classify 13 predefined gestures. Each gesture corresponds to a specific command such as basic motion, rotation, or swarm formation, and is published to the /cmd_vel topic using the ROS communication framework. Simulation tests were performed in Gazebo and covered both individual drone maneuvers and simple swarm formations. The results demonstrated a gesture classification accuracy of 90%, low latency, and stable response across multiple drones. This approach offers a scalable and efficient solution for real-time swarm control based on hand gestures, contributing to future applications in human-drone interaction systems.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JAIC

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT

Description

Journal of Applied Informatics and Computing (JAIC) Volume 2, Nomor 1, Juli 2018. Berisi tulisan yang diangkat dari hasil penelitian di bidang Teknologi Informatika dan Komputer Terapan dengan e-ISSN: 2548-9828. Terdapat 3 artikel yang telah ditelaah secara substansial oleh tim editorial dan ...