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    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Wearable Technology

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    • Underwater communication relies on limited visual signals.
    • Existing methods for diver communication lack efficiency and adaptability.
    • Development of intuitive, real-time communication systems is crucial for diving safety and efficiency.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and evaluate a smart dive glove capable of recognizing static hand gestures for underwater communication.
    • To assess the performance of various machine learning algorithms for gesture recognition in both dry and underwater environments.
    • To determine the feasibility of implementing onboard gesture recognition for divers.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized five dielectric elastomer sensors integrated into a smart glove to capture finger motion.
    • Implemented and compared five machine learning classifiers: decision tree, support vector machine (SVM), logistic regression, Gaussian naive Bayes, and multilayer perceptron.
    • Trained algorithms on data from 24 participants and evaluated performance with 10 new participants in dry and underwater conditions.

    Main Results:

    • All tested algorithms demonstrated high performance in a dry environment, with accuracies and F1-scores ranging from 0.95 to 0.98.
    • Logistic regression and SVM achieved the highest scores (0.98) for both accuracy and F1-score in dry conditions.
    • Underwater experiments confirmed functionality, though performance decreased when divers focused on critical tasks like buoyancy and breathing.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed smart dive glove effectively recognizes static hand gestures using machine learning.
    • Logistic regression and SVM are highly effective classifiers for this underwater gesture recognition task.
    • The system shows promise for enhancing diver communication, with potential for further optimization in challenging underwater conditions.