Voice Activated Pet Feeder Using Cloud

Abstract

In modern society, people own pets such as dogs, cats, birds and many more. However, many pet owners are not able to cater time from their busy schedule to feed their pets which is the primaryresponsibility of a care-taker for maintaining the health of the pet. Business pet feeders came upwhen majority of the pet owners found it hard to attendto the nourishment needs of their pets. Pet feeders are programmed feeders that are intended to apportion specified segments of food at certain times, so they guarantee that your furry companion will bevery much benefitted from time.A nutritious, balanced diet is essential to keeping the pet healthy. In this digital age, speech recognition system is commonly used to operate devices and perform commands. Google Assistant is probably the most advanced and dynamic of assistants available. This paper intends to design a pet feeder which will ensure that the pet is fed, even when the owner is far away with the help of their phone using Google Assistant. The command from the owner is received through Google Assistant and it isrecognized with the help of IFTTT. The command is then passedto the pet feeder,prompting it to dispense food for the pet.

Keywords: Pet Feeder, Voice Activated System, Cloud, IFTTT