Telkom University students make smart toilet innovations that can provide an early detection system and user health information based on stool and urine detection results. This tool is equipped with tips so that users immediately take action to prevent or reduce the impact of disease in the future.
A Class 2019 student made the Touchless Smart Toilet of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FTE), namely Luthfi Noor S.Z. as an Android Developer; Rafli A.P. as a Hardware Engineer; Putri Conscience as Cloud Developer; and Shafira Amkha Z as Machine Learning Engineer. The four students, during their research, were guided by an FTE Lecturer, Edward S.T., M.T.
The Touchless Smart Toilet was developed through the Student Creativity Program in the Field of Copyright (PKM-KC) at Telkom University and obtained funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture. Rafli, as a Hardware Engineer, explained this toilet aims to make it easier for users to monitor their health continuously or every day.
“Users can monitor their health from home with their mobile phones. Users do not need to take their cell phones to the toilet to operate them. However, this smart toilet will still provide information regarding the condition of feces and urine as long as the toilet and the application on the user’s cell phone are connected to the internet network.” Rafi.
The Touchless Smart Toilet is an Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart toilet that can detect and predict user health based on stool and urine conditions. It recognizes the shape and color of stool and urine color using integrated computer vision (CV) and deep learning (DL) technology in the application.
Another feature of the Touchless Smart Toilet is the gesture and touchless control feature to reduce the spread of germs or viruses from the user’s hands. This feature can also make it easier for users to operate this toilet. The implementation of IoT in this toilet allows users to receive detection data directly to smartphones so that health track records are routinely stored.
In addition, the hardware components of the touchless system and the detection camera are placed in a closed case, so they are safe from short circuits. Converting from a regular toilet to a Touchless Smart Toilet does not require significant time and money because the device is easy to install (modular).
“To reduce the risk of spreading bacteria and viruses, we integrated an ultrasonic sensor to flush feces or urine, so users don’t need to press the toilet flush. Users can place their hands on the ultrasonic sensor. Then, the system will be active and perform an automatic flush and analyze urine and feces,” said Shafira, a Machine Learning Engineer.
Putri, who is a Cloud Developer on this team, said that another advantage of the Touchless Smart Toilet is the function that can provide health advice. This feature helps users get an active response regarding health monitoring. The user will be advised to a doctor or hospital if the system reads that the user is detected unwell.
Touchless Smart Toilet is a breakthrough developed as a medical check-up support tool in clinics, laboratories, or hospitals. It was revealed by Luthfi, the Android Developer for this innovation.
“In the future, the Touchless Smart Toilet can become a medical device that can help improve the welfare of its users and can be integrated with the hospital in terms of health monitoring. We also hope that realizing this PKM-KC Touchless Smart Toilet can be useful and make it easier for users to monitor their daily health,” concluded Luthfi.