# A wearable general-purpose solution for Human-Swarm Interaction

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a wearable human-swarm interaction system that uses gesture recognition and haptic feedback to enable effective control of robot swarms in various environments.

## Contribution

It presents the first wearable HSI interface that separates input and feedback components, suitable for indoor and outdoor swarm control.

## Key findings

- Developed a wearable gesture-control device for high-level intentions
- Implemented a portable device for Cartesian and finger movement detection
- Designed a wearable haptic device for real-time feedback

## Abstract

Swarms of robots will revolutionize many industrial applications, from targeted material delivery to precision farming. Controlling the motion and behavior of these swarms presents unique challenges for human operators, who cannot yet effectively convey their high-level intentions to a group of robots in application. This work proposes a new human-swarm interface based on novel wearable gesture-control and haptic-feedback devices. This work seeks to combine a wearable gesture recognition device that can detect high-level intentions, a portable device that can detect Cartesian information and finger movements, and a wearable advanced haptic device that can provide real-time feedback. This project is the first to envisage a wearable Human-Swarm Interaction (HSI) interface that separates the input and feedback components of the classical control loop (input, output, feedback), as well as being the first of its kind suitable for both indoor and outdoor environments.