Journal of System Simulation ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 1531-1541.doi: 10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.24-0516

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Operation System for Simulation Roadheader Based on Visual Motion Capture

Li Yongling1,3,4, Liu Lingzhi1,3, Zhou Baishun2, Lei Jingfa1,3,4, Zhang Miao1,3, Zhao Ruhai1,3   

  1. 1.School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 236001, China
    2.School of Computer Science, China University of Labor Relations, Beijing 100048, China
    3.Key Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing of Construction Machinery, Anhui Education Department, Hefei 230601, China
    4.Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Process Equipment and Control Engineering, Zigong 643000, China
  • Received:2024-05-15 Revised:2024-07-24 Online:2025-06-20 Published:2025-06-18
  • Contact: Zhou Baishun

Abstract:

To enhance the natural human-machine interaction in simulation roadheader environment, a vision-based simulation roadheader operation system is proposed. The visual motion capture unit is based on the MediaPipe framework, which captures hand gestures through cameras and creates a correspondence between the physical world and virtual space. An improved Kalman filter algorithm is proposed by setting a weighted centroid to address the issue of unreasonable jumps in hand keypoint data during large-scale movements. The operator's gestures are discerned and the corresponding commands are conveyed. The results show that the improved method has significant advantages over the control group in terms of mean square error, signal-to-noise ratio, and approximate entropy parameters. The gesture recognition system is developed with an accuracy rate exceeding 92%. This interface enables the operator to efficiently control the simulated tunneling machine.

Key words: human-machine interaction, motion capture, Kalman filter, simulated operation system, approximate entropy

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