MIT’s Ultrasound Hand Tracker for Robot Control

In the future, robots will do many tasks autonomously. For certain tasks, it is much easier to do so with a wearable controller. MIT’s engineers have come up with a real-time hand tracker with ultrasound technology that tracks hand movement in real-time. Users can direct robots to perform hand gestures by moving their hands and fingers. For example, it is possible for operators to use their hands and gestures to get the robot to play sports or play piano.

This wristband “produces ultrasound images of the wrist’s muscles, tendons, and ligaments as the hand moves, and is paired with an artificial intelligence algorithm that continuously translates the images into the corresponding positions of the five fingers and palm.”

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