1. A method for performing industrial automation control, comprising: receiving, via a sensor system, image data representing one or more humans and one or more objects in an industrial automation system; converting the image data into two-dimensional representations of the humans and the objects, wherein each of the two-dimensional representations comprise a plurality of data points located at edges of a respective two-dimensional representation; distinguishing between the one or more humans and the one or more objects based upon the plurality of data points for each respective two-dimensional representation and a plurality of templates, wherein each of the plurality of templates comprise a known arrangement of data points; designating one of the one or more humans as an authorized operator based on an article carried or worn by the one of the one or more humans, wherein the authorized operator is authorized to implement one or more control actions to control one or more operations of one or more machines in the industrial automation system; and implementing the one or more control actions based upon one or more motions of the authorized operator.