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SignBot, Sign-Language Performing Robot, Based on Sequential Motion of Servo Motor Arrays

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Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 5 (RiTA 2017)

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 751))

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This paper presents the development of SignBot, a 3D printed robot which can perform Malaysian Sign Language (MSL). This work is the first attempt to eliminate the barriers of communication between hearing impaired individuals and the mainstream society as it is the first robot to perform MSL. The signing, in this work, can be done with two hands. The robot hands were developed with detailed finger joints. Micro servo motors were installed to allow for the signing motions for the relevant joints of selected letters, numbers as well as phrases for emergency cases. The sequential movements of the servo motor arrays are stored in the database to represent particular signs, and retrieved by the microcontroller based on the speech input detected, and finally executed accordingly by the servo motors to perform the sign.

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  1. Department of Mechatronics Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Gombak, 53100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Rami Ali Al-Khulaidi, Nuril Hana Binti Abu Bakr, Norfatehah Mohammad Fauzi & Rini Akmeliawati

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  1. School of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Jong-Hwan Kim

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Hyun Myung

  3. School of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Junmo Kim

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Weiliang Xu

  5. Department of Computer and Information Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

    Eric T Matson

  6. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Jin-Woo Jung

  7. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea (Republic of)

    Han-Lim Choi

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Al-Khulaidi, R.A., Bakr, N.H.B.A., Fauzi, N.M., Akmeliawati, R. (2019). SignBot, Sign-Language Performing Robot, Based on Sequential Motion of Servo Motor Arrays. In: Kim, JH., et al. Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 5. RiTA 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 751. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78452-6_20

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