Wi-Fi Controlled Automatic Food Maker: December 2017

Download as pdf or txt
Download as pdf or txt
You are on page 1of 6

See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.

net/publication/323058898

Wi-Fi controlled automatic food maker

Conference Paper · December 2017


DOI: 10.1109/ICEECCOT.2017.8284594

CITATIONS READS

0 219

4 authors, including:

Ramya M V G.K. Purushothama


JSS Mahavidyapeetha Malnad College of Engineering
6 PUBLICATIONS   8 CITATIONS    19 PUBLICATIONS   220 CITATIONS   

SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE

Prakash Ramamurthy
The National Institute of Engineering, Mysore
17 PUBLICATIONS   133 CITATIONS   

SEE PROFILE

Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects:

Distance Protection scheme View project

All content following this page was uploaded by Ramya M V on 02 July 2021.

The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file.


2017 International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Communication, Computer and Optimization Techniques (ICEECCOT)

Wi-Fi Controlled Automatic Food Maker


Ramya M V G. K. Purushothama
Department of Electronics and Communication Department of Electrical and Electronics
Sri Jayachamarajendra college of Engineering, Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan,
Mysuru

K R Prakash Madan G
Department of Industrial Production Regional coordinator, NAIN project
National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru, National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru,

Abstract— A proverb says breakfast is the most important1. Man power Reduction- dependency of chef reduces to
meal of the day. Our lives today are busy and rushed. We minimum.
want to achieve more and experience more. This pursuit of2. Food standardization- Maintains the same taste.
fitting more into each day leaves little time for perhaps the3. Increased safety- for disabled and old aged people
most important factor which affects our life quality- the food
4. Utilization- Better control over resource through IoT
we eat. A lot of great innovations have come about which help
us to monitor our health, sleep, steps, pulse to live better. But
the problem of eating fresh & healthy minus the hassle is yet In general, an elderly person with limitations of vision,
to be addressed. Unfortunately, mornings are hectic for most hearing and physically challenged persons can be made
people, especially families with children. In the current day more independent with the Wi-Fi based Automatic food
situation it’s very difficult to cope with hunger pangs at maker also the system helps in reducing the risk in their
breakfast time. Most people usually rush through the meal, daily life style. There are various techniques to control
gobble down whatever’s handy in the kitchen, or grab a food maker such as IoT based home automation over the
quick, on-the-go bite. That’s where the Automatic Food cloud, home automation under Wi-Fi through android apps
Maker comes to the rescue. It’s all about making a fresh
from any Smartphone etc.
breakfast that one can grab and go. All it needs is to add the
necessary ingredients and then selecting the preset menu of
various dishes. In a very quick time, a perfectly cooked A review highlights the different types of food makers:
breakfast is ready to eat. The user can customize their
breakfast with a practically endless variety of fresh1. An automatic pasta machine [1], [2], [3] that cooks dry
ingredients. It lets the user enjoy a homemade breakfast, semolina pasta automatically. The pasta machine can cook
made their way, in the comfort of their own kitchen in a the special patented "geared spaghetti" in less than a
completely automated way. Cleanup is easy because all minute and every other type of spaghetti in half the time.
removable parts go in the dishwasher. 2. ‘Design and Development of Automatic Dosa Maker for
Keywords— Food technology; Automatic food maker;
Indian Households’ [4] by considering cost, usability,
Innovation; IoT; Wi-Fi based; Remote control. safety, easy handling and hygiene.
3. Automatic Tea Making [5] is a device that prepares healthy
I. INTRODUCTION tea with high performance and hygiene using fuzzy
Food is the most essential part of our life. Cooking the techniques.
food automatically without the support of human makes4. Automated Appam Maker [6], [7] has immense scope for
the life even better. Due to the hectic schedule in our mass production and the main process stages such as
today’s environment people can take advantage of the pouring; spreading and removal of cooked food are
technology to lead their life smoother. Even elder, mentally automated.
disordered and physically challenged people will be cared
more with the growth of technology. Innovation in food The surveys from early to recent period [1]-[13] of
technology has been constantly stepping up and also been different Automatic Food Maker gives the main
growing. The intention of building Wi-Fi based automatic disadvantages and are listed as follows:
food maker is mainly to mark a new step in internet1. The earlier automatic food maker machines can prepare
cooking. The model is developed with low cost and can be only one kind of dish.
expandable to prepare a variety of food. 2. Huge investment is to be done to prepare only one kind of
Early record evidence shows that on August 27, 1930 food recipe.
Inez H Pierce of ChicagoIllinois filed a patent for the first3. Absences of IoT technology leads to less flexibility.
vacuum coffee maker that truly automated the vacuum
brewing process while eliminating the next for stove top The complete review of different automatic food
burner or liquid fuel. The paper introduces you to making machine and implementing it to an Indian dish
wonderful world of Automatic Food Maker machines with requirement is of great challenge. Here the focus is to
IoT benefit. The following gives the advantages of develop a food maker which can take 10 to 12 varieties of
Automatic Food Maker machines: dishes for an Indian requirement. Also bringing the IOTs
into the life of food sector makes our choices easier. The

978-1-5386-2361-9/17/$31.00 ©2017 IEEE


existence of arduino board and Wi-Fi modules simplifies The ESP8266 Wi-Fi module is used to connect the food
the process of working with technology to connect maker and the remote user. With the support of internet the
remotely from any part of the world. remote user can send the required signal, thus the cooking
beings automatically. It can be configured by automatic
II. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION control settings in order to get good results. At the end, the
The Automatic food maker is designed to deliver a functionality with automatic food maker allows elderly and
whole new set of functionalities that will create a disabled people to be virtually cared with safety. Fig 2
benchmark in the automatic food making sector. The shows the working setup of automatic food maker.
design and development is done in such a way so as to
fulfill certain objectives. These objectives in fact define the
system that is being built in every perspective. The
objectives of the automatic cooking machine are:
The First and foremost objective is to raise the level of
automation that is currently employed in the existing
systems of cooking machine. Level of automation in the
sense, least human intervention and maximum features.

1. The automatic food maker using IoT is designed and


developed in such a way so that it cooks variety of dishes.
2. The machine must simple to operate and to clean, making
it a very user friendly system.
3. The automatic food maker is designed to be more reliable
and safe – to – use system.

The automatic food maker cooks the food in an ideal


time interval and in the best way possible, i.e., the food
maker is designed to reduce excess time taken and to
maintain the good taste.
Automatic food maker with Wi-Fi controlled is built
Fig 2. Working setup of automatic food maker
with very low cost, which is easy to use by a common man.
The block diagram of the Wi-Fi based food maker is shown
in the figure below Fig 1. C. Programmable Food Maker Machine
Each Ingredient container is programmed to open its
valve to a certain period of time based on the requirement.

1) Ingredient containers
The design of automatic food maker
consists of four ingredient containers and the
ingredients quantity will drop to the vessel from the
bottom of the container to the vessel, which is
controlled by open and close of the valve by the
servo motor and the rotation of all the ingredient
containers from starting point, while cooking the
food in taken care by the stepper motor interface as
shown in the Fig 2.
Fig 1. Block diagram of the Wi-Fi controlled automatic
Liquid materials like water and oil will be
food maker
handled more comfortably by placing at the same
level of induction stove to avoid leakage problems.
A. Arduino Board
Hence two DC motors are provided in the design to
Arduino is a single-board microcontroller which is the
pump oil and water into the vessel when it is
main part of the food maker. The arduino board was mainly
required while cooking the food.
used because of its wide area of application and user
2) Bottom portion of the ingredient box
friendly architecture. The food making machine consists of
Truly required attention is for the ingredients
grocery to prepare particular type of food, the flexibility
container and the container valves which are
available within the arduino programming helps the user to
controlled by servo motors and the bottom of the
select the required quantity.
container is having different kind of opening
techniques for the different ingredients filled inside
B. ESP8266 Wi-Fi
the container. Fig 3 shows simple view of bottom

705
portion of the ingredients container. The
ingredients container bottom opening will be of D. Internet of Things
larger size, medium size and small size for the With the advancement in the Internet of Things (IoT)
vegetables, medium solid ingredients and for very automatic food maker can be connected remotely with the
small ingredients respectively. support of cloud MQTT. MQTT is a binary client-server
publish/subscribe messaging transport protocol,
standardized by OASIS. Creation of user in cloud MQTT
can able to send a signal to start automatic food maker.
Just a signal sent from web page of cloud MQTT to the
Wi-Fi module located at prototype of automatic food maker
initials to cook as per the program uploaded to the arduino
board.
III. RESULTS

The prototype developed prepares the food once the


required ingredients are filled inside the ingredients
Fig 3. Bottom portion of the ingredient box container and the proper program is uploaded into the
arduino board. The setup functions as the program is
3) Smart container written and uploaded to the arduino board, Fig 5 shows the
Smart container consists of ultra-sonic sensor to know Wi-Fi controlled automatic food maker preparing upma an
the level of ingredients filled inside the container and the Indian dish.
amount of material dispensed. When the ingredients level Depending on the ingredients filled inside container
goes low the signal sent to the concerned person through and program upload to the arduino board the Wi-Fi
connected WiFi module. Fig 4 shows the smart ingredient controlled automatic food maker has flexibility to prepare
container cap setup consists of ultra- sonic sensor to variety of food as per the requirements. The cooking
determine the level of ingredients inside the container. operation works based on the time required to prepare
various dishes. To prepare upma an Indian dish the
required ingredients are filled to the four containers which
contains grocery and two containers consists of oil and
water, respectively. Liquid containers are kept fixed at the
level of induction stove and the filled four ingredient
containers are placed at upper level.
To cook upma an Indian dish with Wi-Fi controlled
automatic food maker the following steps needs to be
carried out:
1. Initially, a signal received from Wi-Fi module to the
arduino board wakes up to turn on the induction stove.
2. Arduino board sends signal to the induction stove to turn on
for few seconds to warm up the vessel.
3. Then the required oil is pumped by DC motor to the vessel
Fig 4. Smart Ingredient container
after the oil starts warming up the ingredients container
adds the ingredients one by one to the vessel as per the
4) Induction stove requirement.
The Arduino Atmega2560 controls the4. The water will be pumped by DC motor to the vessel after
induction stove to provide required supply of heat all the vegetables fried equally, after some time water inside
to the cooking vessel using relay interface. the vessel starts to boil.
5) Stirrer and vessel covering unit 5. Then the ingredient container which contains the main
The stirrer is needed while cooking the food, for ingredient that is rava will be dropped inside the vessel by
stirrer the stepper motor is connected to give a opening the valve only for the required time.
rotation of 180º when stirring is required and inside6. Stirrer unit is used while cooking to mix ingredients inside
a vessel rotation of 360º provides to mix all the the vessel.
ingredients uniformly while cooking the food. 7. Once the cooking process completes the vessel covering
A plate is used when required to close the vessel and plate is used to close the cooked food.
which is operated by the stepper motor. By adding more
advanced technology to the ingredients containers helps
user to know the level of grocery present inside the
container.

706
IV. CONCLUSION

In the present modern environment people are very


busy with their hectic schedule and are not unable to
prepare their own food even the old aged people, mentally
disordered and physically challenged people at home are
unable to prepare their own food. In order to aid such
people the Wi-Fi controlled automatic food maker machine
prepares the food based on the program uploaded to the
arduino atmega2560 board.
Overall the prototype can be very useful in various
fields like mass food production, helping the disabled
people to prepare their food easily and it can be really
helpful to the society once brought into commercial field.
Wi-Fi controlled automatic food maker machine saves the
time and energy of human being by avoiding their
intervention in preparing the food. It helps busy lifestyle
people to manage their hectic schedule by preparing the
food on its own, it also accounts for the health of the
Fig 5. Top view of preparing upma an Indian dish people by preparing the hygienic food.
The flow chart for Wi-Fi controlled automatic food
maker is as shown in Fig 6. The signal sent from cloud to At present the prototype developed will prepare the
Wi-Fi module starts the automatic food maker to cook the food once the required ingredients are filled in ingredients
selected food. The process will be continues till the container and the proper program is uploaded and this
completion of the program. setup functions as the program is written, adding smart
container helps to track the level of the ingredients inside
the container adds lot of advantage to the WiFi controlled
automatic food maker.

REFERENCE

[1]. “Best bits: Applications of microprocessors: Chip makes drip coffee”


IEEE Spectrum Year: 1981, Volume: 18, Issue: 9, Pages: 19 – 19.
[2]. M. Z. A Rashid, T. A. Izzuddin, N. Abas, N. Hasim, F. A. Azis and M. S.
M. Aras “Control of Automatic Food Drive-Through System using
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)” International Journal of u- and e-
Service, Science and Technology Vol. 6, No. 4, August, 2013.
[3]. Luca Piancastelli and Leonardo Frizziero “Design, Study And
Optimization Of A Semiautomatic Pasta Cooker For Coffee Shops And
The Like” ARPN Journal Of Engineering And Applied Sciences Vol. 9,
No. 12, December 2014 Issue 1819-6608.
[4]. Leonardo Frizziero, “A Coffee Machine Design Project through
Innovative Methods: Qfd, Value Analysis And Design For Assembly,”
ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, VOL. 9, NO. 7, July
2014 ISSN 1819-6608.
[5]. Amit B Solanki, V R Solanki and D N Shah “Design & Development of
Automatic Fast food Machine” International Journal of Mechanical
Engineering and Robotics Research Vol. 3, No. 3, July, 2014 ISSN 2278
– 0149.
[6]. K. S. Shaji, H. S. Lohit, Chiranjith Barui, “Design and Development of an
Automatic Dosa Maker for Indian Households” MSRUAS-SASTech
Journal 29 Vol. 15, Issue, 2014.
[7]. D Kanimozhi, B Nantheni Devi & T Manochandar “PLC Controlled
Automatic Food Packaging Machine” International Journal of
Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT) – Volume 30 Number 1 -
December 2015.
Fig 6. Flow chart for Wi-Fi controlled automatic food [8]. Alhade A. Algitta , Mustafa S , Ibrahim F , Abdalruof N. and Yousef M
“Automated Packaging Machine Using PLC” IJISET - International
maker
Journal of Innovative Science, Engineering & Technology, Vol. 2 Issue 5,
May 2015. ISSN 2348 – 7968.

707
[9]. Nizam Uddin Ahamed; Zahari Bin Taha; Ismail B. Mohd
Khairuddin; Mohammad Fazle Rabbi; Tasriva Sikandar; Rajkumar
Palaniappan; Md. Asraf Ali; Sam Matiur Rahman; K. Sundaraj
“Development Of Fuzzy Inference System For Automatic Tea Making”
2016 IEEE International Conference On Automatic Control And
Intelligent Systems (I2CACIS) Pages: 196 – 201.
[10]. Kaviraj. N “Automatic Vegetable Curry Maker (AVC -
Maker)” International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research
Technology (IJESRT) (Vol.6, No. 2) 2017-03-02, Page: 53-55, ISSN:
2277-9655 6(2): February, 2017.
[11]. Kamlesh Pradhan, Amar Dandale, Akshay Dhenge, Prof. Ritesh
Banpurkar “Review Paper on Semi Automatic Chips Machine”
International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-
ISSN: 2395 -0056 Volume: 04 Issue: 03 | Mar -2017, p-ISSN: 2395-0072.
[12]. Praise Sabu, Sreerag M P, Sukesh P P, Toney Varghese “Design and
Development of Automated Appam Maker” IJIRST –International
Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology| Volume 3 |
Issue 11 | April 2017 ISSN (online): 2349-6010.
[13]. Siraj M Tamboli, “Smart Dough Making Machine” Imperial Journal of
Interdisciplinary Research (IJIR) Vol-3, Issue-4, 2017 ISSN: 2454-1362.

708

View publication stats

You might also like

pFad - Phonifier reborn

Pfad - The Proxy pFad of © 2024 Garber Painting. All rights reserved.

Note: This service is not intended for secure transactions such as banking, social media, email, or purchasing. Use at your own risk. We assume no liability whatsoever for broken pages.


Alternative Proxies:

Alternative Proxy

pFad Proxy

pFad v3 Proxy

pFad v4 Proxy