Voice and touch control home automation

A fully autonomous home is going to be the future. Everyone want that the complete control such as switching on/off the lights, fans, televisions and other appliances through one device. This paper presents a novel solution that makes this future a bit nearer. Voice controlled automation, as well as a universal remote control application on an Android platform, has been presented. The efficient utilization of various available apps on Google play store has been done. Using the Bluetooth module HC-05, Arduino Uno, and Android application, voice controlled automation, as well as the universal switch, has been realized.