Generating HomeAssistant Automations Using an LLM-based Chatbot

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Autori principali: Giudici, Mathyas, Sironi, Alessandro, Villa, Ismaele, Scherini, Samuele, Garzotto, Franca
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author Giudici, Mathyas
Sironi, Alessandro
Villa, Ismaele
Scherini, Samuele
Garzotto, Franca
author_facet Giudici, Mathyas
Sironi, Alessandro
Villa, Ismaele
Scherini, Samuele
Garzotto, Franca
contents To combat climate change, individuals are encouraged to adopt sustainable habits, in particular, with their household, optimizing their electrical consumption. Conversational agents, such as Smart Home Assistants, hold promise as effective tools for promoting sustainable practices within households. Our research investigated the application of Large Language Models (LLM) in enhancing smart home automation and promoting sustainable household practices, specifically using the HomeAssistant framework. In particular, it highlights the potential of GPT models in generating accurate automation routines. While the LLMs showed proficiency in understanding complex commands and creating valid JSON outputs, challenges such as syntax errors and message malformations were noted, indicating areas for further improvement. Still, despite minimal quantitative differences between "green" and "no green" prompts, qualitative feedback highlighted a positive shift towards sustainability in the routines generated with environmentally focused prompts. Then, an empirical evaluation (N=56) demonstrated that the system was well-received and found engaging by users compared to its traditional rule-based counterpart. Our findings highlight the role of LLMs in advancing smart home technologies and suggest further research to refine these models for broader, real-world applications to support sustainable living.
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spellingShingle Generating HomeAssistant Automations Using an LLM-based Chatbot
Giudici, Mathyas
Sironi, Alessandro
Villa, Ismaele
Scherini, Samuele
Garzotto, Franca
Human-Computer Interaction
To combat climate change, individuals are encouraged to adopt sustainable habits, in particular, with their household, optimizing their electrical consumption. Conversational agents, such as Smart Home Assistants, hold promise as effective tools for promoting sustainable practices within households. Our research investigated the application of Large Language Models (LLM) in enhancing smart home automation and promoting sustainable household practices, specifically using the HomeAssistant framework. In particular, it highlights the potential of GPT models in generating accurate automation routines. While the LLMs showed proficiency in understanding complex commands and creating valid JSON outputs, challenges such as syntax errors and message malformations were noted, indicating areas for further improvement. Still, despite minimal quantitative differences between "green" and "no green" prompts, qualitative feedback highlighted a positive shift towards sustainability in the routines generated with environmentally focused prompts. Then, an empirical evaluation (N=56) demonstrated that the system was well-received and found engaging by users compared to its traditional rule-based counterpart. Our findings highlight the role of LLMs in advancing smart home technologies and suggest further research to refine these models for broader, real-world applications to support sustainable living.
title Generating HomeAssistant Automations Using an LLM-based Chatbot
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.02802