Thursday , 26 June 2025

Gesture-Based Drone Control

Gesture-Based Drone Control

Anything gesture-based – meaning, using your hands or head to control the movements of something – is very cool. But how about this drone controlled by simple hand movements?

You read that right – an engineer named Nolan Moore has modified a set of Nintendo Power Gloves and, using simple hand movements, can control a Parrot AR Drone.

A lot of work went into tweaking the age-old NES Power Gloves, but the final outcome is pretty cool.

Here’s the video:

You can also scan through his blog explaining the process used to create such a cool setup: https://hackaday.io/project/8455/logs

About Tony Phalen

Tony Phalen - As an avid RC enthusiast, Tony has been building, bashing and racing RC Cars for over 30 years. He has participated in every kind of surface racing events - 1/18 scale trucks, 1/10 scale TC, Rock Racers, Rally - if it had wheels, he's raced it! He's also worked on both sides of the industry fence; collaborating with many major manufacturers (as well as being a sponsored driver) to working for a high-profile industry magazine. During this time he has learned many tricks, tips and techniques and is sharing that knowledge on CompetitionX - the most informative RC website on the internet!

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