Demo: BubbleNet: Towards developing an IoT-based Physically Distant Classroom For Personal Bubbles

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges across the world and universities are not saved either. Standard classroom activities in COVID era are even more challenging, with the primary challenge being ensuring physical distancing. We present a smart classroom system, BubbleNet, that attempts to relax these challenges. BubbleNet leverages cost-effective (~ $30) IoT nodes with motion sensors. The IoT nodes collaborate with each other via OpenThread - the latest open-source mesh networking protocol released by Google. In this paper, we present the development and demonstration of Bub-bieN et for monitoring physical distancing rules in a classroom.