Smart Wearable Gadget for Industrial Safety

Abstract

To build a smart device which assist factory workers and other employees, IoT hardware and protocols are described in this paper. It is a wearable Glove device which is used in different workspaces where power tools are being constantly used. This apparatus is made around a microprocessor acting as a central sever, while other sensor are interfaced with microcontrollers, and it act as a link for data transformation and perform different topics. A microcontroller’s works as the master and it controls the others microcontrollers attached to different sensors. In this master there is a LCD screen and few buttons, and control the other sensors and read the data in real time. There are safety features in this glove thus workers cannot use any dangerous power tools without wearing proper equipment. This glove works as a security measure in such a way that each tool will have restricted access according to the level of expertise of the worker. This glove is able to restrict the access to the tools, which are being used actively during a particular time frame. The central server and different other sensors such a heat sensor, temperature sensor and vibration sensor log the entire data which can be attached and monitored by the master glove. Whenever the user gets hurt and shouts in pain, the analysis function classify the pain and call the medical help because this system has an extra capability of analysing tone of workers. A sweep based camera module is used along the central server to record and live stream the captured video when power tool is switched on. This system focuses the importance of a worker’s safety in factory floor.