Sailors to wave at the drone

[ford2go]

Acording to this there's some effort being made to control drones on ship with hand gestures and specialized gloves. Up till now, they've apparently used hand held remote controls.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/militar ... -gestures/

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[Dragon029]

The tech is certainly here; consumer drones from the likes of DJI already allow you to command them to take-off and land, move back and forth, rotate around you, take photos, etc via hand / arm gestures:

https://youtu.be/uon0cwpc96k?t=549