SocIoTy – Low-code programming for the Internet of Things

Welcome to SocIoTy! SocIoTy was a platform via which a virtual contest was held, where the participants were invited to find solutions for day-to-day scenarios, using the Internet of Things(IoT). The programming of the tasks was performed in the low-code platform NodeRed.

The internal structure of the SocIoTy platform is evident in the image below:

The main components are:

• A message broker (Redis)
• The SocIoTy simulator, which simulates the environment and the participating robots
• An IoT broker (RabbitMQ)
• A persistent memory module
• The graphical interface via which one can create maps and missions, as well as deploy them
• A NodeRed instance, via which the programming was performed
• A NodeJS backend with a MongoDB database

A snapshot of a simulated environment is the following:

There, several actors were participating:

• Environmental static actors
  • Barcodes
  • Colors
  • Fires
  • Humans
  • QR codes
  • RFID tags
  • Sound sources
  • Texts
  • Water sources
• Environmental sensors & actuators:
  • Humidifiers
  • Lights
  • Pan-tilt mechanisms
  • Relays
  • Speakers
  • Thermostats
  • Alarms
  • Ambient light sensors
  • Cameras
  • Distance sensors
  • Gas sensors
  • Humidity sensors
  • Microphones
  • pH sensors
  • Temperature sensors
• Robots

Each participating robot was equipped with predefined sensors and actuators, as evident below:

As aforementioned, the programming part was performed using NodeRed. Below an example of a SocIoTy application is evident:

An example of a deployed mission is evident in the video below: