Smart work-assisting gear

This paper describes the use of IoT hardware and protocols to build a smart device which assists factory workers and other employees. This gear is a wearable glove device which can be used in various work spaces where power tools are being constantly used. This proposed system is built around a micro-processor acting as the central server, while many sensors are interfaced with microcontrollers, which act as the link for data transmission and perform various tasks. One of the microcontrollers acts as the master, which controls the other microcontrollers attached to various sensors. The master contains an LCD screen and few buttons, which can control the menu being shown on the screen. This can control the other sensors, and read the data in real time. The gloves contain safety features so that the workers are unable to use any dangerous power tools without wearing proper equipment. The glove will act as a security measure in such a way that each tool will have restricted access, according to the level of expertise of the worker. The glove can also restrict the access to the tools which are being used actively during a particular time-frame. The entire data is actively logged by the central server and various other sensors such as heat sensor, temperature sensor and vibration sensors can be attached and monitored by the master glove. The system also has an extra capability of analyzing tone of the workers so that whenever the user gets hurt and shouts in pain, the analysis function can classify the pain and call for medical help accordingly. A simple sweep based camera module is used alongside the central server to record and live-stream the captured video whenever any power tool is switched On. This system proliferates the value of safety of a worker in a factory floor.