Czech firm Domotron has introduced a smart home hub that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to learn users’ preferences and create personalised automations for existing smart home devices.
 
The Indiegogo campaign, which is managed by The LaunchPad Agency, has a funding goal of US$25,000, features a limited super early bird special of $299, as well as several other rewards for backers.
 
Today’s smart homes are lacking and really don’t deliver on their promises, says the company. Making smart homes simpler, Domotron connects to all the users’ smart home devices. The AI technology learns the user’s habits and recommends customised automations, schedules and routines to improve the user’s smart home experience. Just plug it in, connect the app, answer a few simple questions and the AI will start creating automations right away.
 
“Today’s so called smart homes are simply not smart,” said Alex Janusek, CEO of Domotron. “They offer either just simple remote controls or DIY automation that appeal to techies, and not the everyday consumer. Domotron has been creating high-end smart home products for more than a decade, perfecting the automations so that there is no need for any manual controls. With Domotron, the true promise of smart homes is finally realised and available to consumers around the world.”
 
Through an AI personal assistant within the app, Domotron communicates with the user via a chat interface that translates technical settings into easy-to-understand questions and adjusts the tempo of the suggestions to the rate at which the user implements the automations. The app has a timeline that displays the events that have happened and planned automations giving users total control over the system.
 
Equipped with Zigbee 3.0, Domotron is compatible with most well-known smart home devices on the market including Philips Hue, Ikea Home Smart, Somfy Tahoma, Sonos, Aqara, SmartThings, Netatmo and iRobot. The AI-powered hub uses touch-enabled wireless switches with sensors that measure humidity, ambient light, air quality, temperature and presence. And users can control their smart home devices via the app or by interacting with the switches.
 
In addition, it uses location-specific data about weather including cloud cover to adjust blinds and lights; astronomical data such as sunrise, sunset, phase of the moon to adjust automatically the turning on and off of the lights as the sunset changes throughout the year; and geofencing to allow users to set customisations that can turn on home lights and raise the garage door when they come within a pre-set distance.
 
Domotron, based in Prague, Czech Republic, has been designing and programming custom smart homes and smart home products for more than a decade. It has a growing team of 30.