Update 5/19/10 – I have uploaded the final report, code, schematics, laser-cutting files, and sound effects! Read on to download them.
Introducing the SudoGlove Control System! This is my final project for INFO4320 at Cornell Engineering. It was developed by me and three other students: Joe Ballerini, Tiffany Ng, and Alex Garcia. You get geek points if you can figure out why we decided to call it the SudoGlove. Here’s a hint…
SudoGlove aims to bridge the gap between the user and traditional physical hardware devices. Given the high learning curve in understanding how to use foreign technologies, we hope to break away from conventional control mechanisms and explore an intuitive way to control these devices. SudoGlove provides a tangible interface that relies on hand gestures to wirelessly control any device or software. By removing the distance between the user and traditional hardware devices, our goal is for SudoGlove to feel more like an extension of the body as opposed to an external machine.
As an investigation into this idea, the goal of this project is to capture simple hand gestures from the SudoGlove and use that input to wirelessly control a modified RC car. Controlled variables include speed, steering, forward/reverse, headlights, siren lights, siren sounds, and a horn using a combination of flex, force, vibration, and gyroscopic sensors.
News: SudoGlove has been featured on Hack-a-Day!
Read on for a demonstration video, photo gallery, additional information, and downloadable content!
VIDEO DEMONSTRATION
THE TEAM
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We’re crazy engineers and there’s no telling what we may do next!
SYSTEM COMPONENTS
The SudoGlove Control system consists of three main components: The actual glove, the control pack, and the RC car. The glove is a standard Reebok glove with 5 sensors sewn in. The sensors include a flex sensor on the index finger, two force sensors on the ring and pinky fingers, a vibration sensor in the palm, and a two dimensional gyroscope on the wrist. A small protoboard houses 3 status LEDs, and a connector for the 12-conductor wire that goes to the control pack.
The control pack contains an arduino mega, prototyping shield, XBee and XBee shield, 9V Battery, illuminated power switch and a connection for the glove. The case was designed in the Alibre Cad program and laser-cut using the Epilog Laser in Cornell’s Computational Synthesis Lab. The top of the box was etched using this laser as well.
The final system component is the RC car. We removed all the original electronics and kept just the two motors and the chassis. An XBee wireless module receives commands from the glove, and an arduino pro mini processes these and tells the car what to do. An H-Bridge is commanded by the arduino and drives the motors in the appropriate directions. We modified the car chassis to include 2 headlights, 4 siren lights, and speaker for playing sound effects. The speaker is controlled by a SOMO audio module which communicates with the arduino as well.
PHOTO GALLERY
SOURCE CODE, SCHEMATICS, AND DESIGNS
These materials are made available via a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Feel free to modify and improve upon these materials as much as you like, but share your improvements and credit myself, Joe Ballerini, Alex Garcia, and Tiffany Ng as the original authors.
Download SudoGlove – Final Deliverable
Download SudoGlove – Code
Download SudoGlove – Schematics
Download SudoGlove – Laser Cutting Files
Download SudoGlove – AD4 Sounds (for use with SOMO Audio Module)
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May I ask why you named it sudoGlove?
Nice project!
I mean I got the Sudo get me a sandwich, but ur sudoGlove doesn’t make sense, because you can control it with a remote controller anyways, so ur glove isn’t getting any escalated privileges like sudo. It’s just a cooler way to control the car.
P.S. forget the car, with the glove u can do something way cooler!
We ran through lots of ideas for the name. We basically came up with 20 names, and all of them were already taken for something. We decided on this one because it wasn’t taken by another project, and it sounded cool. You do kind of feel like a super user when you can control an object using nothing but gestures.
The Car was just a proof of concept. The platform is open, so feel free to adapt it to control your own hardware device!
Glad you like it !
hai this is rene from india we are doing project based on flex sensor “electronic glove flex sensor using sine language”we need your help.after taking leads from the sensor how did you proceed we know we have to use voltage divider and then micrcontroller but we dont know what to do?
I need a little more information. It sounds like you are feeding the signal into the microcontroller just fine. Now, you need the analog input syntax for whatever microcontroller you are using so that that convert that analog voltage into a digital signal. For a 10-bit DAC, this would mean that you would get a number between 0 and 1023 depending on the voltage. You may also wish to use a low pass filter to remove noise from the sensor.
you are doing a great job… thanks for new stuff in technology….
In the article that Daily Planet of the Discovery Channel you mention that sudo is a “Linux” command. Actually, the command originated on BSD, a different Unix variant. The current maintainer of the sudo command even happens to be an OpenBSD developer.
Just because it originated in BSD doesn’t mean it’s not a linux command. I never said it originated in linux, just that it is a linux command, which it is.
What type of connectors are you using to connect the glove to the control unit?
This is the connector: http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?lang=en&site=US&KeyWords=WM8038-ND&x=0&y=0 You can find the mating one by clicking the links on that page.
Thanks for the help……..check out my version of the SudoGlove when I upload it on Youtube.
the xbee wireless module used ….can it be used for transmission at two different frequencies . I need it for a competittion…
You can choose the channel ID, so multiple groups don’t interfere with each other.
Thanks man….
how do we choose the channel ID … and i also wanted to know if doing so would ensure no interference with other signals been transmitted at these frequencies (others need not be using xbee for wireless..) ..
thank you in advance .
See my arduino tutorial on wireless communication: https://jeremyblum.com/2011/02/27/arduino-tutorial-9-wireless-communication. It explains how to change the communication channels.
Way cool! Some extremely valid points! I appreciate you penning this article and the rest of the site is also really good.
Really awesome one.. Want more projects like this one. :)
Can u suggest any other arduino board for control unit substitute for Mega…
Can u suggest any other arduino board for control unit substitute for Mega… And which shield u have used for xbee..can u mail me the link of the same…
hey buddy…we found your project rather interesting…can u just mail us the budget…that would mean a lot to us…thank u
I don’t have a precise budget.
Hey Jeremy…your project is really intresting…I jst wanted to know how you assembled the whole thing…
Thanks
Curious, is it possible to add to your design for a more complicated task?
i just want to make a project like this.. can you help me making this sudoglove.
Which xbee shield you guys used ??
Hiiii Jeremy Blum,
my name is Anurag….from india……can you plss tell me how does you connect the control unit with your glove because their is lots of wires between these too…so i confuss…plss tell me this
which audio module you use …..and how can i buy this audio module
I am attempting to replicate this work for a project, and the technical background i have is pretty short, but this project looks fun, educational and on top cool, the only thing i needed was a detailed list of component this is my first time of attempting such project, it would help a lot if you can help me with component list and software list
thank you
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