Gesture Recognition Technology in Smart Gloves Enhanced by Machine Learning

Gesture recognition systems are changing how people interact with devices, promising natural and intuitive hands-free control in various applications. Based on the ESP32 microcontroller and machine learning techniques, the proposed work is developing a compact, power-efficient system for recognizing hand gestures from data gathered by flex sensors and accelerometers. The entire system fits within memory constraints, as lightweight machine learning models are first trained on a computer using Python and then ideally deployed in optimized versions onto the ESP32. In this respect, the stream of pre-processed sensor data happens to be fed to the ML model for inference, sending back results to the ESP32, which hence triggers specific actions or commands. This fundamentally new approach shows the feasibility of machine learning on resource-constrained platforms, opening the road for wearable technologies that will be more clever and reactive.