DEVELOPMENT OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM, INTEGRATING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT AND IoT DEVICES

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly evolving along with network peripherals that contain embedded communication technology. In this way, it is increasingly common to find in homes devices connected to each other or to external systems. The next step in this evolution is the devices that allow interaction by voice commands, virtual assistants are already a reality in almost all the smartphones of the big manufacturers in the market. But in the residential market is still growing, even if there are several models of large manufacturers, it is still possible to develop customized solutions, using low cost devices, libraries and APIs free to build a custom version customized to their needs. The purpose of this work is to demonstrate the development of a low-cost solution using a Raspberry Pi to develop the residential assistant and the ESP8266 controller to control peripherals, being activated by voice command.