Hand Gesture Recognition for Collaborative Robots Using Lightweight Deep Learning in Real-Time Robotic Systems

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Main Authors: Muhtadin, Darmawan, I Wayan Agus, Rusydiansyah, Muhammad Hilmi, Purnama, I Ketut Eddy, Fatichah, Chastine, Purnomo, Mauridhi Hery
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Published: 2025
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author Muhtadin
Darmawan, I Wayan Agus
Rusydiansyah, Muhammad Hilmi
Purnama, I Ketut Eddy
Fatichah, Chastine
Purnomo, Mauridhi Hery
author_facet Muhtadin
Darmawan, I Wayan Agus
Rusydiansyah, Muhammad Hilmi
Purnama, I Ketut Eddy
Fatichah, Chastine
Purnomo, Mauridhi Hery
contents Direct and natural interaction is essential for intuitive human-robot collaboration, eliminating the need for additional devices such as joysticks, tablets, or wearable sensors. In this paper, we present a lightweight deep learning-based hand gesture recognition system that enables humans to control collaborative robots naturally and efficiently. This model recognizes eight distinct hand gestures with only 1,103 parameters and a compact size of 22 KB, achieving an accuracy of 93.5%. To further optimize the model for real-world deployment on edge devices, we applied quantization and pruning using TensorFlow Lite, reducing the final model size to just 7 KB. The system was successfully implemented and tested on a Universal Robot UR5 collaborative robot within a real-time robotic framework based on ROS2. The results demonstrate that even extremely lightweight models can deliver accurate and responsive hand gesture-based control for collaborative robots, opening new possibilities for natural human-robot interaction in constrained environments.
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spellingShingle Hand Gesture Recognition for Collaborative Robots Using Lightweight Deep Learning in Real-Time Robotic Systems
Muhtadin
Darmawan, I Wayan Agus
Rusydiansyah, Muhammad Hilmi
Purnama, I Ketut Eddy
Fatichah, Chastine
Purnomo, Mauridhi Hery
Robotics
Direct and natural interaction is essential for intuitive human-robot collaboration, eliminating the need for additional devices such as joysticks, tablets, or wearable sensors. In this paper, we present a lightweight deep learning-based hand gesture recognition system that enables humans to control collaborative robots naturally and efficiently. This model recognizes eight distinct hand gestures with only 1,103 parameters and a compact size of 22 KB, achieving an accuracy of 93.5%. To further optimize the model for real-world deployment on edge devices, we applied quantization and pruning using TensorFlow Lite, reducing the final model size to just 7 KB. The system was successfully implemented and tested on a Universal Robot UR5 collaborative robot within a real-time robotic framework based on ROS2. The results demonstrate that even extremely lightweight models can deliver accurate and responsive hand gesture-based control for collaborative robots, opening new possibilities for natural human-robot interaction in constrained environments.
title Hand Gesture Recognition for Collaborative Robots Using Lightweight Deep Learning in Real-Time Robotic Systems
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10055