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Javier Ramírez De La Pinta¹, José María Maestre Torreblanca², Isabel Jurado³

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This study integrates home automation and service robots using cloud computing to offer advanced services like image processing and voice recognition, overcoming hardware limitations.

Keywords:

cloud computing service robots smart home

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Robotics and Automation
Cloud Computing
Internet of Things

Background:

Home automation systems and service robots have limitations due to on-board hardware.
Cloud computing offers a solution to enhance capabilities by offloading computational tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the integration of home automation and service robots.
To leverage cloud computing for advanced services, overcoming hardware constraints.

Main Methods:

Integration of the Rovio service robot and Z-wave home automation system.
Utilizing cloud computing to process data from integrated systems.
Implementing advanced sensing and interaction services.

Main Results:

Demonstrated feasibility of integrating disparate smart home and robotic systems.
Enabled computationally intensive services like image processing and voice recognition.
Overcame hardware limitations of individual devices through cloud-based processing.

Conclusions:

Cloud-enhanced integration of home automation and service robots is a viable approach.
This integration significantly expands the capabilities of low-cost, off-the-shelf systems.
Future applications in smart homes can benefit from cloud-powered robotic services.