Helping Hands is an automation system designed towards improving the lives of seniors with daily accessibility issues. The system allows users to control various electrical appliances both inside and outside their homes (room lighting, door opening, ramp deployment etc.) through voice control and facial recognition.
In Canada, the senior population is rising. Cost effective and modular automation systems can allow for improved lives for seniors suffering from mobility issues.
The system integrates several platforms together to create a cost effective solution to various day-to-day activities.
Alexa -> AWS Gateway -> AWS IoT -> Arduino
Amazon Rekognition -> AWS Gateway -> AWS IoT -> Arduino
To avoid issues during project demo, the software had to use a video stream input instead of real-time captured images.
Integration of the 5 major parts (Alexa, Amazon Rekognition, AWS Lamba, AWS IoT, Arduino)
Breaking down projects with large scopes to smaller deliverables, and integration of these deliverables is critical for agile development.
- Modularize the addition of more IoT for each user
- Develop an intuitive GUI to display current device states