Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty Publications Conference Paper Faculty Publications- Conference Papers Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pal Pandian, P.; Thomas Antony, M.; Ranoy Robert, M. Title A name given to the resource A Context-Aware Finite State Machine for Gesture-Driven UAV Control Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-01-2025 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Computational Innovations and Sustainable Technologies, ICCIST 2025; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCIST67338.2025.11438537" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCIST67338.2025.11438537</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105037470692?origin=resultslist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105037470692?origin=resultslist</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pal Pandian P., Christ University, School of Engineering and Technology, Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, Bangalore, 560074, India; Thomas Antony M., Christ University, School of Engineering and Technology, Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, Bangalore, 560074, India; Ranoy Robert M., Christ University, School of Engineering and Technology, Department of Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, Bangalore, 560074, India Description An account of the resource Gesture based Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is a very intuitive way to control drones (UAVs). Current methods tend to associate one gesture to one action, a practice which is rigid and inflexible. In this paper, we propose the Finite State Machine (FSM)-based gesture control framework, which allows triggering several actions of the UAV with a single gesture depending on the current state of the drone. MediaPipe hand gestures recognition and integration with ROS2 and PX4 allows the system to automatically takeoff, land, hover, automated ascents, and directional speed variation. Experiments in a ROS2 simulation environment test the system in terms of gesture-to-state latency, the rate of successful commands, the extent of the FSM that the system is capable of controlling, and the rate of false positives (spurious transitions). The results indicate that the suggested method has robust and responsive control of the UAV, which forms the basis to establish more intuitive and adaptive human-UAV interaction in limited spaces. 2025 IEEE. Subject The topic of the resource finite state machine; gesture recognition; MediaPipe; PX4; rOS2; UAV Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Relation A related resource ISBN: 979-833159676-7; Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Conference paper Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource online