Feasibility and Performance Validation of a Leap Motion Controller for Upper Limb Rehabilitation

The leap motion controller is a commercial low-cost marker-less optical sensor that can track the of human hand by recording various parameters. Upper limb rehabilitation therapy treatment people having upper impairments, whose recovery achieved through continuous exercises. However, repetitive nature these exercises be interpreted as boring or discouraging while patient motivation plays key role in their recovery. Thus, serious games have been widely used therapies for motivating patients and making therapeutic process more enjoyable. This paper explores feasibility, accuracy, repeatability (LMC) to applied combination with game rehabilitation. Experimental feasibility tests are carried out using an industrial robot replicates motions tracked LMC. results suggest satisfactory performance terms tracking accuracy although some limitations identified discussed measurable workspace.