GABC2018: Introducing "Homie" - A Smart Azure Bot for Smart Homes by Thomas Gölles & Stephan Bisser

Committed to the vision of the intelligent edge this session combines Azure Functions, Azure IoT and Cognitive Services in order to give users the ability to control their home equipment using a language understanding bot, which can be used in Microsoft Teams, Slack or Skype.

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1. Introducing "Homie" - A Smart Azure Bot for Smart Homes
2. Head of Modern Workplace Solutions Co-Organizer of SharePoint Saturday Vienna (#SPSVIE), Office 365 Meetup Graz, Office 365 Meetup Vienna http://www.modernworkplacesolutions.rocks/ @thomyg Thomas Gölles
3.  Consultant @SOLVION (O365 & Azure)  Microsoft AI MVP  P-TSP @Microsoft for Azure  AI (Cognitive Services & Bots)  Azure & O365  Soccer @cloudguy_pro AskCloudguy www.cloudguy.pro stephan@cloudguy.pro Stephan Bisser
4. Agenda • Chatbots • Bot Framework • Cognitive Services • Homie – Solution Design • Demo • Conclusion
6. Chatbots 101 “a computer program designed to have a conversation with a human being, especially over the internet” * * https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/chatbot
7. Chatbots are everywhere
8. “HOW DO YOU PERCEIVE COMPANIES THAT OFFER A CHATBOT?” https://insights.ubisend.com/2017-chatbot-report
9. Chatbots by the numbers
11. Microsoft Bot Framework
16. Microsoft Bot Framework
17. Language Understanding [ $HomeAutomation.Operation ] [ $HomeAutomation.Device ] [ $HomeAutomation.Room ] Turn on the lights in the living room www.luis.ai
18. The Internet of Things (IoT)
19. Azure IoT Hub This is where your key is visible This is where your key is visible This is where your key is visible This is where your key is visible
20. Raspberry PI • Node.JS app • Node modules: • azure-iot-device • max7219LedMatrix • Pi receives messages from IoT Hub and executes actions → e.g. turn lights on/off
21. DEMO https://www.cloudguy.pro/homie-a-language-understanding-bot- for-smart-homes/
23. Conclusion • Bot Framework offers lots of possible use cases • Offer users many different communication streams via channels • Language Understanding via Cognitive Service APIs • Setup of IoT services in Azure is easy
25. If you want to know morepls contact me: @cloudguy_pro #AskCloudguy https://www.cloudguy.pro stephan@cloudguy.pro Feedback & contact