Title :
HOBOT: A customizable home management system with a surveillance RoBOT
Author :
El-Shafei, Mohammed ; Al Shalati, Adel ; Rehayel, Maher ; Damaj, Issam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., American Univ. of Kuwait, Salmiya, Kuwait
Abstract :
The HOBOT project is an automation system that allows for control over the equipment in a house, such as, ventilation, lighting, power system, security system, etc. HOBOT is made to be highly flexible and customizable by the user. A surveillance robot and numerous indoor and outdoor options support HOBOT. HOBOT is ubiquitous; users can use smart phones, tablets, laptops and other commuting devices. The system provides a true pervasive computing experience. HOBOT Software is web-enabled and supports several modes of use including the administration of customization and calibration. This paper presents the system organization, architecture, programming application, evaluation and analysis of the proposed system.
Keywords :
Internet; building management systems; home automation; mobile computing; robot programming; service robots; smart phones; software architecture; virtual instrumentation; HOBOT project; HOBOT software; calibration administration; commuting devices; customizable home management system; customization administration; laptops; lighting; pervasive computing; power system; programming application; security system; smart phones; surveillance robot; tablets; ventilation; Building Management; Data Acquisition; LabVIEW; Robot; Surveillance; smart Home;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2014 IEEE 27th Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3099-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2014.6901088
