Gloves to Control Drones Wirelessly

Another example of wearable interfaces.     Gloves are usual special purpose clothing, so this probably links to special use cases.

Astronaut smart glove controls drones wirelessly, could be used to explore Mars   By Georgina Torbet  in DigitalTrends

Demonstration at the NASA Haughton-Mars Project field research site on Devon Island, High Arctic, of how an “Astronaut Smart Glove” might allow future astronauts on the Moon, Mars, or beyond to single-handedly teleoperate even complex robotic assets such as drones.

Haughton-Mars Project / P. Lee

Scientists from NASA and the SETI Institute have developed a new “smart glove” for astronauts which is almost like magic. The glove allows astronauts to wirelessly control robots such as drones through one-handed gestures and could be used for future exploration of locations like the moon and Mars.

NASA recently unveiled the new spacesuits that astronauts will wear for the upcoming Artemis mission to the moon, and one of the challenges they addressed was how to allow precise finger movements in a pressurized suit. Their solution was to have the pressure be adjustable, so wearers can turn it down if they need to operate machinery using buttons.

The smart glove takes a different approach, interacting with machinery through whole-hand gestures instead of push buttons. The design is based on the work of Norwegian start-up Ntention, who created a glove for controlling drones here on Earth. It was then adapted by NASA and the SETI Institute to meet the needs of astronauts.  ... "