Intelligent Baby Cot

CM 1210 – Introduction to Intelligent Machine

Assignment

S. M. D Kumarasekara
225526E
Batch 02

Department of Computational Mathematics

University of Moratuwa
2023
 Smart Baby Cot

1. Introduction

A baby cot is useful baby furniture as it provides a safe and secure sleeping environment
for infants, by reducing the risk of accidents and injuries while sleeping. It promotes
healthy sleep habits, aiding in a baby’s physical development. Additionally, a baby cot
allows parents to have peace of mind, knowing that the child is protected while they
sleep. Many features in the baby cot are yet to be intelligent and hassle-free because
almost all the situations in the baby cot need human intervention. Human observation and
intervention is needed in safety checking, positioning the baby, comforting the baby,
adjusting the mattress height and cleaning. Hereby, I present my analysis on existing
baby cot, identification of its features and proposal for an intelligent baby cot. I also
suggest the possible AI techniques to implement the above intelligent features in a baby
cot.

2. Existing Baby Cot

Existing baby cots are not typically associated with complex machine architecture; they
are designed to provide a safe and a comfortable sleeping space for infants. However,
baby cots have considerable number of features and components for added functionality
and safety. These extensions and methods will make the baby cot more effective and
secure.

Security and comfort can be enhanced by the adding features such as real-time movement
detection and environment monitoring, tracking baby’s well-being, remote control,
detecting any unfavorable sleeping position, abnormal actions or absence of movement,
babysitting if the baby cries until parents arrive, help in temperature and humidity
control, and detect any urination by baby.

From the above extensions, my proposal will be based adding the intelligent extension of
comforting the baby. It’s practical that holding a infant/baby all day. When the above
feature is implemented it provides convenience for parents, also promotes healthy sleep
habits, as well as reduces crying and discomfort.
 Figure 1 – Architecture of the baby cot

3. Proposed Intelligent Baby Cot

Figure 01 shows the architecture of the baby cot with the intelligent extension.
Comforting the baby happens at different instances. First, if the baby cries, the audio
sensor will detect the crying sound of the baby. For that the audio sensor is programmed
to recognize the crying and its stages using pattern recognition technique (by training
data). Secondly, in situations where the baby is falling asleep or suddenly awake from a
deep sleep, the camera will capture the situation. Using these captures and the technique
of image processing, it will be able to analyze baby's facial expressions, eye movements
and detect the above scenarios. Also, using both, the weight measuring sensor and the
camera, it will be able to precisely know whether the baby is in the cot or taken out at any
instance.

As the output action for the scenarios, the swinging mechanism will activate, a baby
calming sound will be played, and importantly, according to the stage of crying, an alert
will be sent to the guardian. Swinging mechanism can be done by a motor creating a back
and forth or side to side motion, this can be controlled by a microcontroller. As well as
for any manual on or off, an interface will be provided. In any case if the baby is fallen
asleep or if the baby is taken out from the cot, the swinging mechanism will stop slowly.
 Figure 2 – Architecture of the intelligent baby cot

AI techniques used:
 Pattern recognition
 Voice recognition
 Image processing

4. Summary

This document presents my proposal to extend a baby cot with intelligent features. The
intelligent feature that has being implemented in the above intelligent baby cot is,
namely, comforting the baby by monitoring by swinging the cot, playing music and
alerting if necessary. Also, the suitable AI technologies to implement these intelligent
features are included.