Device collaboration in smarthomes as service delivery

Research in having a service robot resides in a home setting is now a common practice, and the interaction between a robot and its environment becomes an important issue. A smart home is considered a natural setting for a robot to interact with. Providing services in a smart home is one of many challenges associated with digital homes concerning better ways to control devices. This research introduces an example of using service-oriented computing in a smart home setting. The devices in the smart home are treated as basic services, and the services provided to the users are composite services based on such basic services. The system architecture is implemented with OSGi, and the service composition is based on planning approach that is common in artificial intelligence. We then propose a way to extend such design to incorporate a robot in this environment.