A Scenario-Based Mobile Application for Robot-Assisted Smart Digital Homes

TL;DR

This paper presents a mobile application for smart digital homes that enables remote control and interaction with home devices and robots via GPRS and SMS, enhancing user convenience and management.

Contribution

It introduces a novel mobile app design for smart homes that integrates robots and devices, using UML diagrams and supporting multiple communication methods.

Findings

Successful implementation of the mobile app connecting to smart home servers

Effective management of devices and robots via GPRS and SMS

Interactive home map improves user experience

Abstract

Smart homes are becoming more popular, as every day a new home appliance can be digitally controlled. Smart Digital Homes are using a server to make interaction with all the possible devices in one place, on a computer or webpage. In this paper we designed and implemented a mobile application using Windows Mobile platform that can connect to the controlling server of a Smart Home and grants the access to the Smart Home devices and robots everywhere possible. UML diagrams are presented to illustrate the application design process. Robots are also considered as devices that are able to interact to other object and devices. Scenarios are defined as a set of sequential actions to help manage different tasks all in one place. The mobile application can connect to the server using GPRS mobile internet and Short Message System (SMS). Interactive home map is also designed for easier status-checking and interacting with the devices using the mobile phones.