Abstract: Home automation is the automated control of electrical equipment in a house, facilitated by internet connection. These devices can be remotely managed using voice assistants or apps, reducing the need for manual operation. Home automation can control lighting, air conditioning, and temperature settings, thereby reducing energy, heating, and cooling costs. Additionally, it enhances security by using Internet of Things devices like cameras, thereby reducing the risk of accidents. In current scenario ,with the advent of smart home technology, the integration of chatbots for controlling appliances has gained significant attention. This paper presents a chatbot-based appliance control prototype that has features similar to artificial intelligence. The current platform Chatfuel, which enables users to create chatbots from scratch and host them on any social network of their choice such as Facebook Messenger, is used to give the chatbot AI-like features. In addition, a cloud platform Adafruit Io is used to connect the hardware setup including NodeMCU to the internet easily and manage them remotely, allowing users to collect, visualize, and analyse live data streams in the cloud from their devices. IFTTT which is web service is used in the proposed prototype to automate interactions between Chatfuel and the Adafruit IO.

Keywords: Smart homes, Chatbots, Appliance Control, Artificial Intelligence, Facebook Based Chatbots , IFTTT , Adafruit IO

| DOI: 10.17148/IJIREEICE.2024.12509