IOT, AUTOMATION AND CONTROLS
INTERNET OF THINGS, AUTOMATION AND CONTROLS
Growth of the Automation, IoT and Robotics means investments in the areas of system software and hardware in the areas of controls, signal processing, data acquisition, power systems, communication standards and devices, security standards and encryption, governance etc. The paradox of automation is that more efficient the automated systems, the more crucial the human contribution in terms of operations. Operators will play a significant part and their involvement will be more critical because every time a system, subsystem or equipment malfunctions, problems will multiply quickly to unmanageable levels at the cost of production, even with the best of fail over systems until the problem is fixed by shutdown, reset or replacing the faulty system, sub-system, board or component, quickly to minimize downtime and operational loss.
Our solutions span the following broad Technology and Solutions domains :
AUTOMATION - INDUSTRIAL, AUTOMOTIVE, MEDICAL ETC.
Automation is everywhere! Automation is today driving Industries, Unmanned Driving Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Unmanned Combat Vehicles etc. The benefits of Automation is a reduced labour force, longer and continuous working hours, reduced human errors and hence better quality of products, with more precision, thereby reducing inventory costs and increasing profitability.
Automation is implemented in many areas of industry and industries with a combination of many areas of engineering like hydraulics, pneumatics, motors, power systems, sensors etc. connected with a range of electricals, electronics, communication, computers and networking systems etc. In industrial automation, the control systems is a connection of sensors, visual readers (cameras, bar code readers etc.), robots, controllers, PLC's, computers etc. which handle different processes and machineries from picking, to welding, to sorting, to packing, to inspection etc.
In industries like Automotive (engine controls, suspension systems, parking, cruise control, lane change, ADAS, driverless etc.), Aerospace (landing systems, landing rudders, braking, aircraft controls etc.), Warehousing (automated storage, inventory tracking, fetching/storing robots etc.), Medical systems (robotics surgery, pathology, radiology/x-ray analysis), Health Monitoring, Agriculture (farming, harvesting, segregation, cleaning, packing, storage), Traffic Management, Signaling systems, Security and Surveillance systems, Education and Learning systems, automation has made its presence into every area of our industry and our daily life style too (leisure, smart devices, consumer electronics, wellness, exercise etc.).
INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS - IIoT
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) plays a vital role in the industrial automation as it sees implementation of IoT concepts and technology to help create system architectures that are effective, affordable and responsive, serving industrial process operations and automation. Industrial IoT products are highly ruggedized. They work in very taxing environments from extreme temperatures, humidity, vibrations, noise, harmonics and electrical fluctuations. Which means, they operate in high temperature ranges of 4 degree centigrade to 85 degree centigrade. High tolerance to extreme vibrations and handling. The communication systems on these devices have to work in high noise and electrical fluctuation and other extreme environments.
IIOT devices like sensors (temperature, humidity, smoke detectors, thermostats, cameras, readers, HMI devices, edge devices, controllers, gateways, cabling, connectors etc.) are made to specifications which are different than the ones used in home automation and other daily human interaction with the human body, talking about fitness trackers, smart watches, consumer home devices (Bluetooth speakers, Smart TV's, Microwaves, Coffee makers, access controls etc.).
IIoT sensors, edge devices, controllers and gateway devices that act as a communication bridge between the IoT local network and the Server/Cloud Server network are continuously evolving. In the last many years the capabilities of these devices have grown leaps and bounds to accommodate the collection and processing of data locally and hence has seen the evolution of edge devices and edge controllers that have the capacity to store and analyze data locally at the edge and push the required results sequentially or based on trigger and alerts to the large control network and servers for analysis, prediction, proactive or prescriptive response. Beside the evolution of edge devices, network security and secure data flow with a range of encryption of data at sensor, edge device, controllers, gateways and further integration with firewalls for complete inside out and outside in protection of data, devices, network and the machinery they control. A range of end to end solutions encompassing areas like Condition Monitoring, Predictive, Prescriptive Maintenance addressing areas Asset Management, Inventory Management, Warehousing Solutions, Supply Chain Management, Transportation Systems, Vehicle Tracking, Agriculture, Irrigation, Soil Monitoring etc. the needs and requirements seem endless in today's more and more connected world.
ROBOTICS
Industrial robots have evolved over the last many years with the latest being a range of collaborative robots or cobots, meaning a human can work side by side with collaborative robots without fencing, hard guarding or lasers and hence vastly reduced accidents and fatalities between humans and industrial assembly line robots.
With the evolution of 4G and 5G networks in the telecom sector, the entire Automation, IoT and Robotics space are seeing tremendous research and development and newer faster products with more local data acquisition, processing, analysis and intelligent decision making capabilities because of better integration with machine learning algorithms and deep learning models in such areas like Retail, eCommerce, Banking, Finance, Education, e-Governance etc.
Growth of the Robotics, Automation and Unmanned systems means more and more systems and sub-systems are now seeing investment in controls systems design and control systems hardware, signal processing, signal compression and data acquisition systems , power systems, power backup and power conversion systems, communication systems, antennae design, power storage systems, data processing and backup systems, power conversion systems etc. which are seeing more and more products being able to acquire large amounts of data locally, process these large amounts of data at fractions of a millisecond locally, run analysis and project outcomes and results while being highly efficient in terms of power consumption and cost of ownership.
Automation and robotics has also seen the evolution of areas like eMobility, robots, drones, UAV's etc. which mostly involve areas of electrical engineering like motor design, motor controls and controllers etc. Motors with very high rpms and low noise and low power consumption, aiding 2-axis, 3-axis, 6-axis of motion etc. which means the best of CAD, CAE and FEA tools are now heavily invested in the best of design, development, simulation, validation, testing and prototyping tools to quickly speed up the entire product development process.
