Homebot: home automation we built in India in 2014
In shortLong before smart speakers, Intellobots designed and built Homebot, a home automation system for Indian homes that controlled lights, fans and appliances from a phone and from the existing switches. It was featured in The Hindu.
The challenge
What wasn't working
Home automation in 2014 meant imported systems priced for luxury villas and wiring that Indian homes were not built for. We wanted something that fitted behind ordinary switchboards and kept working when the internet didn't.
What we built
The solution
Homebot modules fitted behind the existing switchboard, so the wall switches kept working and the phone became a second way to control each room. Schedules and scenes ran locally in the home. The hardware, firmware and app were designed in-house, and the lessons from Homebot (power budgets, radio reliability and installers who are not engineers) still shape how we build ThingsX today.
Impact
What changed
- Lights, fans and appliances controlled from a phone and the existing switches
- Designed, built and installed in India
- Featured in The Hindu
How it unfolded
2014
Homebot launched
Home automation designed and built in-house in India.
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