Design and Development of a Smart Hand Glove for Assistive Home Automation for Physically Disabled

– The designing and development of a smart hand glove to facilitate home automation with the use of hand gestures by the physically disabled is an advanced system that aims to enable the physically challenged individuals to convey their basic needs using hand gestures. The smart hand glove is equipped with four flex sensors to detect finger movement and an MPU6050 accelerometer to detect the position and motion of the hand. The sensor readings are interpreted by the ESP32 microcontroller to determine the specific gestures and then generate a corresponding message via a speaker using a voice output module. The generated messages include “I need water,” “I need food,” “I need medicine,” and “I need help.” The same message is conveyed via an LCD monitor screen for clarity. Furthermore, the smart hand glove uses Internet of Things connectivity technology through the ThingSpeak platform to communicate alert messages over Wi-Fi connection to remote locations using mobile applications. The system allows for controlling appliances such as lighting systems and electric fans via relays connected through a NodeMCU module.