AIoT Technologies and Applications for Smart Environments

2: UIE-CSE Department, Chandigarh University, India
3: College of Computer Sciences and Information Technology, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia
Although some IoT systems are built for simple event control where a sensor signal triggers a corresponding reaction, many events are far more complex, requiring applications to interpret the event using analytical techniques to initiate proper actions. Artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) applies intelligence to the edge and gives devices the ability to understand the data, observe the environment around them, and decide what to do best with minimum human intervention. With the power of AI, AIoT devices are not just messengers feeding information to control centers. They have evolved into intelligent machines capable of performing self-driven analytics and acting independently. A smart environment uses technologies such as wearable devices, IoT, and mobile internet to dynamically access information, connect people, materials and institutions, and then actively manages and responds to the ecosystem's needs in an intelligent manner.
In this edited book, the contributors present challenges, technologies, applications and future trends of AIoT in realizing smart and intelligent environments, including frameworks and methodologies for applying AIoT in monitoring devices and environments, tools and practices most applicable to product or service development to solve innovation problems, advanced and innovative techniques, and practical implementations to enhance future smart environment systems. Chapters cover a broad range of applications including smart cities, smart transportation and smart agriculture.
This book is a valuable resource for industry and academic researchers, scientists, engineers and advanced students in the fields of ICTs and networking, IoT, AI and machine and deep learning, data science, sensing, robotics, automation and smart technologies and smart environments.
- Book DOI: 10.1049/PBPC057E
- Chapter DOI: 10.1049/PBPC057E
- ISBN: 9781839536335
- e-ISBN: 9781839536342
- Page count: 333
- Format: PDF
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Front Matter
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1 Introduction to AIoT for smart environments
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With the emergence of Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT), many daily activities have been influenced by the usage of intelligent systems. Many modern applications support a smart environment. A large-scale system may comprise individual IoT systems. The overall system is controlled by Artificial Intelligence, and it serves as the brain that takes decisions. To make effective use of the information stemming from these data using efficient and intelligent data processing techniques is essential that can be analyzed with AI for decision-making or problem-solving. IoT can promote the learning and intelligence of AI; contrarily, AI can multiply the value of IoT. AIoT systems make use of key technologies like deep learning, machine learning, natural language processing, voice recognition, and image analysis. In practice, while deploying AIoT for smart environments, it might come across many challenges. Apart from this, there are other concerns such as security, performance, reliability, efficiency, complexity, accuracy, scalability, and robustness related to the growing state-of-the-art AIoT systems applications for smart environments. All these above concerns are discussed in this chapter along with practical examples.
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2 Research challenges in smart environments
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Users may be able to seamlessly interact and cooperate with their immediate surroundings in smart settings. Only the growth of intelligent technologies coupled with software services makes this possible. In order to support the era of smart surroundings, technological advancement has ushered in a new era for both sensor-based technology and computation processing. Numerous significant efforts are being made to ease the challenges in the smart environment, notwithstanding the challenges in their implementation. It is challenging to design perceptive settings that let users communicate with those around them environment more efficiently when technology and software-based services are introduced. Now, there is an opportunity to use the services. Libraries, hospitals, shopping centres, and museums are a few examples of places that provide services. Although there is already a lot of room for improvement in terms of service quality in these settings. However, there are still a lot of difficulties and barriers in the way of their development that must be overcome.
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3 Applications-oriented smart cities based on AIoT emerging technologies
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The concept of smart cities has evolved and is under evolution. Its global implementations face multiple technological, governmental, and economic challenges. Furthermore, the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies might open up hitherto unexplored avenues for smart city development. As a result, the current study seeks to address the essence of smart cities. To that aim, the notion of smart cities is briefly introduced before delving into their features and requirements, as well as generic architecture, compositions, and real-world implementations. The study here investigates the different features and characteristics of a smart city. In addition, potential problems and possibilities in the field of smart cities are discussed. Numerous concerns and challenges, such as analytics and the use of AIoT emerging technologies in smart cities, are addressed in this chapter, which aids in the development of applications for the aforementioned technologies. As a result, this chapter sets the path for future research into the concerns and challenges of applications-oriented smart cities.
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4 Use of smartphones application to identify pedestrian barriers around existing metro stations in Noida
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It becomes vital for urban planners to apprehend functions performed by individual transit stations along the transit corridor, which is hard to infer from the land use distribution suggested in the static master plan prepared. This research proposes a novel approach to examine whether the existing road and street layout pattern supports pedestrian accessibility to nearby transit stations. The study builds on the assumption that by taking into consideration pedestrian behavior dimensions and identification of major pedestrian barriers on the identified walkability routes using smart innovations and smartphone applications, their sufferings could be addressed better by urban planners and designers. Presently, in the Indian context, no such study has been done, particularly by urban planners to evaluate and improve the walkability pattern of the metro stations using walkability-enhanced information and communications technology (WICT). This research study aims to identify major urban planning-related pedestrian barriers within walkable limits from 12 consecutive metro stations in Noida using Kobo Collect, an open data source-based Open Data Kit (ODK) smart android application. The Garmin eTrex 10 GPS device was used to physically evaluate and verify the typical pedestrian routes terminating at the metro stations in Noida city. The three pedestrian-related barriers are identified in this study in Noida, each with its peculiar spatial characteristics namely planned townships, unplanned urban villages, gated communities, and large commercial and institutional blocks.
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5 A hybrid segmentation process for effective disease classification for smart agriculture
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The economy of Indian farmers is expected to improve as a result of agricultural production in recent years. Identification of plant diseases is essential for boosting economic yield in agricultural applications. Early detection of disease in leaves is essential to prevent yield loss. Machine learning algorithms can be used to classify diseases at an early stage, allowing farmers to take action to avoid further crop damage. The chapter's major contribution is the creation of an efficient monitoring system for plants that will allow for the categorization of diseases and their early detection. Along with other environmental detection systems, the system under development will have a vision sensor. The camera sensor will be used by the system to capture leaf images in the field whenever the output of the environmental sensor exceeds an ideal threshold. For extracting essential features for classification, a novel segmentation and feature extraction technique is proposed in this chapter. The disease is classified using the random forest algorithm at the monitoring station by an agricultural expert. The effectiveness of the system is gauged by how accurately it can identify and categorize the disease which affects farms. The proposed method discussed in this chapter achieves 99% detection accuracy and 99.75% classification accuracy. According to the research results, the suggested system will be very beneficial for farmers in preventing the disease at an early stage and minimizing the damage done to the crops. When used in the field, the system with the suggested algorithm can function independently.
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6 AIoT-based water management and IoT-based smart irrigation system: effective in smart agriculture
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Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology are integrated under the umbrella title "Artificial Intelligence of Things" (AIoT). AIoT seeks to improve data management and analytics, increase human-machine interactions, and streamline IoT operations. The IoT is an interconnected system of computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, and items that may send data over a network without requiring human or computer-to-human interaction. Any device that can be assigned an Internet Protocol address and communicate data across a network is considered an IoT item. Examples include an implanted heart monitor or a car with built-in sensors that alert the driver when the tyre pressure is small. As AI enhances IoT through connectivity, signaling, and data exchange while IoT enhances AI through machine learning capabilities and enhanced decision-making processes, AIoT is a game-changer and mutually beneficial technology for both types of technology. The IoT may look up businesses and their services by adding value to the data they produce. Using AI, the IoT device may assess, learn from, and make judgments without the assistance of a human. The current chapter presents two new approaches towards the AIoT and IoT applications: AIoT-based water management system and IoT-based smart irrigation system which are very successful in smart agriculture system.
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7 Adaptive smart farming system using Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) modeling
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The agricultural sector allowed for very diverse management in the global economy, where the sector is being strengthened to be part of the commercial growth engine. The firm belief in incorporating information and communication technology (ICT) with agricultural systems influenced the expansion of a mechanized system to classify and organize agricultural products. Conventional farming is based on observations and is highly familiar which is quite laborious and time-consuming, consequently, the need for continuous monitoring of crops can be a difficulty for the farmers. The technologically advanced system initiates the monitoring and mapping process by capturing and predicting the general characterization. The integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) plays a dynamic role in the concept of smart farming, using such applications as monitoring systems to observe crop yield estimation, irrigation, nutrient management, disease identification, and weather forecast. This paper proposes a framework to enable advanced AI according to user-defined variables, of which sensors are an important feature and contributor. As an interface between a sensor and IoT as a medium, it offers great potential for outstanding performance. The results obtained using this integrated approach are very promising and can be used significantly for any other application of precision agriculture.
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8 Time series data air quality prediction using Internet of Things and machine learning techniques
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Time series modeling and forecasting is an indispensable field of supervised machine learning (ML) because of its esteemed influences on several research works and real-life applications involving companies, industries, science, and engineering. Consequently, significant contributions were devoted to the development of proficient extrapolative models. On the other hand, the Internet of Things (IoT) has enhanced the surveillance of various environmental sensations, such as air pollution, through a wireless sensor network (WSN). This chapter presents an inclusive time-series predictive model that uses supervised ML techniques and the data gathered from IoT devices. The aim is to develop an artificial intelligence-IoT (AIoT) time series analytical using IoT and ML techniques in an automated and intelligent air quality-control system. A comprehensive framework of the predictive system displaying internal subsystems and modules is summarized to form a roadmap for AIoT time series model designers. This framework includes discussing alternatives and datasets for air quality data gases like the carbon monoxide (CO) collection for IoT sensors such as MQ-2. Experiments study will be conducted and reported to support the theoretical assumptions and presentation.
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9 Role of AIoT-based intelligent automation in robotics, UAVs, and drones
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This study aims to explain the role of AIoT-based (Artificial Intelligence of Things) in the robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/drones, which can be used for the different types of real-time applications. In recent years, modern advancement in design of robotics and UAVs/drones taking interest in different types of mission, sensors, technologies, and data processing software and a brief understanding of robotics, UAVs/drones. The results show In-depth knowledge about AIoT-based robotics, UAVs, and drones. The aim of this study is to assess the current status, automation, risk mitigation, high efficiency, modernization, and computer-oriented of the UAVs. The overall goal is to elaborate the complete information related to the whole lifecycle of the robotics and UAVs/drones. The digitalization and smart system can be enhanced by carrying out future work. This can increase cyber security by using less human involvement. Also, risky applications can be performed easily by using the AIoT. The proposed strategy is provided in-depth knowledge about the robotics, UAVs/drones. The scope is increased to assess the different fields of application i.e., military, farming, security, transportation, telecommunication, disaster, etc.
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10 AIoT-based waste management systems
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A society's citizens currently live in an unclean environment due to the rapid population expansion and trash production. Due to the rapid waste generation, the environment becomes more conducive to numerous infectious diseases due to generation of toxic gases. As part of the conventional municipal system, we can observe overflowing garbage cans in our neighborhood. Traditional systems' crucial component of solid waste management is becoming risky in the majority of populated places. Real-time management and monitoring of trash bins necessitates arduous labor and financial outlays. Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) is basically a technique which helps human being in their daily routine tasks. A smart bin based on AIoT is required for cities and should be implemented in order to keep a city clean and to monitor trash cans in real-time. Waste management should be considered as a serious issue as it directly impacts on environment as well as health of the human being. In this research work, AIoT-based smart bin technologies are discussed that provide real-time monitoring of garbage collection and status of bin that will helpful in the disposal of garbage.
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11 AIoT technologies and applications for smart environments
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To change the gathering of circulated data in worldwide manufacturing services, sharing and managing plenty of information across many participants utilizing a fitting information system plan. Even the forced "trust tax" on manufacturers during their uncountable efforts with clients, providers, merchants, governments, specialist organizations, and other manufacturers tremendously increased. In the information and programming, recollecting can apply some strategies like processing some information with security and privacy; this thing comes under IoT with blockchain technologies. Furthermore, with support to data integration and data handling, blockchain technologies are eager to manage transaction data concerning IoT technologies. In addition to this, blockchain allows a massive "trust tax" using small and medium scale businesses while minimizing the "trust tax" comprehensively compared to accepted manufacturers. This book chapter will investigate the blockchain-based trust mechanism and security. In addition to this, it will also involve blockchain quality assurance, which is an essential part of intelligent manufacturing.
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12 AIoT-based e-commerce
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The user experience is more crucial than ever as Artificial Intelligence Internet of Things (AIoT) based automated convenience stores standing out in an increasingly competitive industry. While AIoT-based unmanned technique has the potential to alleviate future workforce shortages, the question remains whether customers would accept this modern approach for shopping. In this chapter, an automated picking system based on AIoT was proposed for the construction of an online stores and facilities for controlled shipment platforms. Integrating ecommerce platforms with AIoT systems and robotics that follow consumers' wants can bring speed and ease in the context of online purchasing. As a result, the suggested approach diverts consumers who are influenced by AIoT, while robots schemers take over human picking activities.
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13 AIoT-based smart education and online teaching
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This research will look at an Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) based model of teaching and learning for online course, as well as teaching-learning methodologies design of the curriculum used in the course. The purpose is to offer an "educational curriculum design model" for engineering students. Students in technical courses can learn about small private online courses (SPOC)-AIoT using these modules, and we demonstrated their usefulness through teaching activities. Using a discover, define, develop, deliver double diamond shape strategy, the course and teaching content were designed in order to evaluate students' self-perception and fear of learning during the experimental teaching of AIoT. Students' happiness and effectiveness were studied using a technological acceptance paradigm. During the paradigmatic phase, routes were calculated and hypotheses were validated by bootstrapping, while SPSS was used to analyse measurement and structural models. Using tiny online learning courses in the flipped teaching method immediately gets students' attention and boosts their learning involvement. It is the findings of the study that "self-perception" has a significant positive effect on a user's perception of "usefulness" and "ease of use." According to the study, "fear of learning" is not significantly associated with the "ease of use" and "utility" of flipped learning in combination with online e-learning. There is a positive correlation between the ease of use and the usefulness of digital teaching materials used in flipped teaching that can be associated with predictions of student behaviour. "Perceived ease of use" is the most important factor with a high impact on the "usability" of a product. "Engaged learning" results in a substantial improvement in students' actual "behavioral" attitude toward learning. In comparison to other subjects, science and technology are highly relevant to student learning.
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14 Autonomous UAV with obstacle management using AIoT: a case study on healthcare application
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With the simultaneously connected 26.66 billion devices worldwide, the Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming a vast field of research and helping hand to every individual. However, when IoT and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) consolidate, it results in smart applications and future revolutions that are known as Artificial Intelligent of Things (AIoT). Similarly, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) domain is also developing daily, helping many unrest people in the healthcare industry. One step towards developing the healthcare industry is the use of UAV devices like drones embedded with AIoT to work autonomously in the healthcare industry. This can help the healthcare industry in many ways. This chapter proposes an algorithm to recast these UAV drones to autonomous UAV drones and use them as intelligent or smart for various healthcare purposes like COVID-19. The proposed autonomous UAV drone uses Raspberry Pi 3, a Hubney, and a bearing formula to automatically determine the direction of the UAV movement, making it work without any controller. Also, the comparative study presented in this chapter highlighted the benefits of this proposed algorithm with others present in the literature.
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15 Effective learning-based attack detection methods for the Internet of Things
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Anomaly detection techniques have attracted more attention in research and industrial areas. Anomaly detection methods have been implemented in many tenders, such as detecting malicious traffic in networks and systems, discovering vulnerabilities in security systems, detecting fraud transactions in credit cards, detecting anomalies in imaging processing, and analyzing and visualizing data in various domains. The IoT ecosystem involves applications like intelligent homes, smart cities, and smart transportation systems. With the increasing necessity for analyzing IoT network behavior, it becomes difficult to efficiently apply traditional anomaly detection techniques. The conventional techniques that use deep learning (DL) or machine learning (ML) do not detect or monitor the IoT ecosystem efficiently and effectively because they do not consider the nature of the IoT ecosystem. Another issue with traditional anomaly detection techniques is that they recalculate training whenever any change from the start points. Furthermore, they depend on a static threshold throughout the training period. This does not fit with the nature of the IoT ecosystem, which is characterized by a dynamic environment. This chapter will discuss the autonomous anomaly detection system for the Internet of Things (IoT) using ML. Specifically, we focus on the dynamic threshold that can be adapted during the training time, such as the local-global ratio technique (LGR) method, which activates the rehabilitating merely when it is essential and precludes any superfluous variations from immaterial differences in the local profiles.
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16 Future perspectives of AI-driven Internet of Things
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is advancing in every aspect of our life. With the increased data generation from many devices, conventional data collected from sensors and raw transfer to servers significantly impact connectivity and energy usage. To minimize the overall impact of AI processing, the sensor devices must become intelligent and analyze or pre-process data locally: this is the beginning of Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). AIoT is a platform that gathers and analyses insightful data by employing IoT infrastructure. IoT, driven by AI, offers a wide range of services ranging from intelligent healthcare and customized recommendation models to smart management and large-scale monitoring systems for cities and sectors such as manufacturing and agriculture. The combination of these immensely intelligent technologies will increase the intelligence of every computing device, allowing it to be significantly more inventive, interactive, and exceptional when analyzing information, predicting, making a judgment, and expediting the process.
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