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How to Make Gesture Control Robot || #MadeWithArduino

This is a Gesture Control Car that tracks our hand gestures and performs the same task. Like when we move our hand left, the car moves left.

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How to Make Gesture Control Robot || #MadeWithArduino

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Arduino Gesture control Transmitter Circuit

Arduino Gesture control Receiver Circuit

Code

Arduino Gesture control Transmitter Code

C/C++
//Arduino Gesture control Transmitter Code
//Created By DIY Burner
//Contact me here "https://www.instagram.com/diy_burner/" 
//You need to include MPU6050.h and I2CDEV.h library before uploading the sketch, otherwise you'll get compilation error message.

#include <SPI.h>        //SPI library for communicate with the nRF24L01+
#include "RF24.h"       //The main library of the nRF24L01+
#include "Wire.h"       //For communicate
#include "I2Cdev.h"     //For communicate with MPU6050
#include "MPU6050.h"    //The main library of the MPU6050


MPU6050 mpu;
int16_t ax, ay, az;
int16_t gx, gy, gz;

//Define packet for the direction (X axis and Y axis)
int data[2];

//Define object from RF24 library - 9 and 10 are a digital pin numbers to which signals CE and CSN are connected.
RF24 radio(8,9);

//Create a pipe addresses for the communicate                                    
const uint64_t pipe = 0xE8E8F0F0E1LL;

void setup(void){
  Serial.begin(9600);
  Wire.begin();
  mpu.initialize();              //Initialize the MPU object
  radio.begin();                 //Start the nRF24 communicate     
  radio.openWritingPipe(pipe);   //Sets the address of the receiver to which the program will send data.
}

void loop(void){
  
  //With this function, the acceleration and gyro values of the axes are taken. 
  //If you want to control the car axis differently, you can change the axis name in the map command.
  mpu.getMotion6(&ax, &ay, &az, &gx, &gy, &gz);

  //In two-way control, the X axis (data [0]) of the MPU6050 allows the robot to move forward and backward. 
  //Y axis (data [0]) allows the robot to right and left turn.
  data[0] = map(ax, -17000, 17000, 300, 400 ); //Send X axis data
  data[1] = map(ay, -17000, 17000, 100, 200);  //Send Y axis data
  radio.write(data, sizeof(data));
}

Arduino Gesture control Receiver Code

C/C++
//Arduino Gesture control Receiver Code
//Created By DIY Burner
//Contact me here https://www.instagram.com/diy_burner/
//You need to include RF24.h library before uploading the sketch, otherwise you'll get compilation error message.

#include <SPI.h>      //SPI library for communicate with the nRF24L01+
#include "RF24.h"     //The main library of the nRF24L01+

//Define enable pins of the Motors
const int enbA = 2;
const int enbB = 7;

//Define control pins of the Motors
//If the motors rotate in the opposite direction, you can change the positions of the following pin numbers
const int IN1 = 3;    //Right Motor (-)
const int IN2 = 4;    //Right Motor (+)
const int IN3 = 5;    //Left Motor (+)
const int IN4 = 6;    //Right Motor (-)

//Define variable for the motors speeds
//I have defined a variable for each of the two motors 
//This way you can synchronize the rotation speed difference between the two motors
int RightSpd = 130;
int LeftSpd = 150;

//Define packet for the direction (X axis and Y axis)
int data[2];

//Define object from RF24 library - 9 and 10 are a digital pin numbers to which signals CE and CSN are connected
RF24 radio(8,9);

//Create a pipe addresses for the communicate
const uint64_t pipe = 0xE8E8F0F0E1LL;

void setup(){
  //Define the motor pins as OUTPUT
  pinMode(enbA, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(enbB, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(IN1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(IN2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(IN3, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(IN4, OUTPUT);
  
  Serial.begin(9600);
  radio.begin();                    //Start the nRF24 communicate            
  radio.openReadingPipe(1, pipe);   //Sets the address of the transmitter to which the program will receive data.
  radio.startListening();             
  }

void loop(){
  if (radio.available()){
    radio.read(data, sizeof(data));

    if(data[0] > 380){
      //forward            
      analogWrite(enbA, RightSpd);
      analogWrite(enbB, LeftSpd);
      digitalWrite(IN1, HIGH);
      digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
      digitalWrite(IN3, HIGH);
      digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);
    }
    
    if(data[0] < 310){
      //backward              
      analogWrite(enbA, RightSpd);
      analogWrite(enbB, LeftSpd);
      digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);
      digitalWrite(IN2, HIGH);
      digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
      digitalWrite(IN4, HIGH);
    }
     
    if(data[1] > 180){
      //left
      analogWrite(enbA, RightSpd);
      analogWrite(enbB, LeftSpd);
      digitalWrite(IN1, HIGH);
      digitalWrite(IN2, LOW);
      digitalWrite(IN3, LOW);
      digitalWrite(IN4, HIGH);
    }

    if(data[1] < 110){
      //right
      analogWrite(enbA, RightSpd);
      analogWrite(enbB, LeftSpd);
      digitalWrite(IN1, LOW);
      digitalWrite(IN2, HIGH);
      digitalWrite(IN3, HIGH);
      digitalWrite(IN4, LOW);
    }

    if(data[0] > 330 && data[0] < 360 && data[1] > 130 && data[1] < 160){
      //stop car
      analogWrite(enbA, 0);
      analogWrite(enbB, 0);
    }
  }
}

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