Abstract : Parenting is not an easy task. Good parenting requires the parent to quickly respond to the needs of their child. Constant monitoring of the child also becomes a necessity, especially up to an age of 18 months. In this work, a mobile robotic device has been designed and developed. This device can help a parent to keep track of their baby and its surroundings without having to check on the baby every now and then. Advanced Baby Care System (ABCS) has a Master Controller (Arduino Mega 2560), which integrates all the different modules of the robot by receiving the necessary signals from the sensor modules and sending signals to the trigger alarm and the DC motors. The master controller selected for ABCS is the Arduino Mega 2560. It is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328. This board can be easily interfaced with the CMUCam5 module, used for tracking, as well as other sensors which are being used in the project. ABCS is an intelligent, baby friendly system, which integrates many functions into a single device, automatically alerting the parent when it is necessary and allowing them to carry on with their activities uninterrupted.
? The existing automatic cradles in the literature have many limitations in terms of functionality, cost, and communication technology support.
? To the best of our knowledge, no previous studies have developed a smart cradle with IoT support from scratch, similar to that in the present study.
? Issues in the existing systems were identified by conducting a comprehensive literature review on studies related to baby monitoring systems.
? It is a self-contained Wi-Fi networking solution offering as a bridge from existing microcontroller to Wi-Fi. It is also capable of running self-contained applications.
? While you are in the hospital, a member of the lactation team will visit you to assist with any breastfeeding concerns or problems.
? These problems may include pain or burning when you urinate; needing to urinate more often than usual; urinating in small amounts; or having urine that looks cloudy or smells bad.
? Talk to family and friends about the changes in your mood and problems that may occur after you have your baby.
? The relationship between sleep problems and PMADs is complex because impaired sleep can contribute to the initial development of a PMAD or make daily symptoms worse.
• The proposed system exploits sensors to monitor the baby’s vital parameters, such as ambient temperature, moisture, and crying.
• Therefore, an Internet of Things-based Baby Monitoring System (IoT-BBMS) is proposed as an efficient and low-cost IoT-based system for monitoring in real time.
• The proposed system prototype is fabricated and tested to prove its effectiveness in terms of cost and simplicity and to ensure safe operation to enable the baby-parenting anywhere and anytime through the network.
• A baby monitoring system that can monitor the babies’ condition real time is proposed to solve these problems.
? The connection was successful, and no time delay was encountered during the performance of the sending and fetching of data to and from the MQTT server.
? This phase is important to improve the system performance and detect any error.
? Consequently, conventional cradles should be automated to become more convenient, safe, and efficient in monitoring the baby’s situation in real time.
? A prototype of the proposed baby cradle has been designed using Nx Siemens software, and a red meranti wood is used as the material for the cradle.
? Among these connected devices, millions of wearable sensors are widely used in healthcare applications.
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