Voice-controlled feeding machine for dogs | |
| Author | Abeyrathna, Kuruge Darshana |
| Call Number | AIT Caps Proj no.ME-15-26 |
| Subject(s) | Voice--Computer simulation Dogs--Feeding and feeds |
| Note | A capstone project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering Mechatronics Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | With the technology development, Automation industry have become more important. People need automation when people are not available to go through some tasks. Here my final year capstone project also based on automation is also fulfill a task when people are not available. People identification system play a big role in automation industry and it can be by the face, eyes, fingerprint or voice recognizing system. Similarly we can use these identification systems to make some automation machines for animals. Hardness may vary with types of animals. If we want to identify different types of animals we could easily use a face identification system. But if we want to identify the animals in same group separately, we have to use some advance identification system like identifying by the voice pattern of the animal. Recognize five types of dogs with 20 different sound files (four each) and feed them with different amount of foods is the final target. Since recognizing accuracy and the feeding speed are really important, here we have to use some advance techniques in ICT, Electronics and Mechanical fields. Recognizing part is done by the DTW method in MATLAB and its main role is to find the optimal paths between input voice and the reference voices which are already saved in the data based. Then the shortest path belong to one reference voice will be the identified sound file. After recognizing part is done, use GUI to show which dog has barked by a picture of the dog, name of the dog, and weight it needs to feed, etc. Then it passes a signal to STM board by serial communication that how much food need to feed the identified dog. Mechanical part is included a servo motor and a weight sensor driven by the STM board to provide the different amount of foods for the identified dog. |
| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Capstone Project |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Microelectronics (ME) |
| Chairperson(s) | Somrak Petchrtee; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Mongkol Ekpanyapong;Manukid Parnichkun; |
| Degree | Capstone Project (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2015 |