KIANEWS Smart collaboration on the Internet of Things
31. 10. 2020 Saturday / By: Robert Denes / Industrial / Exact time: BST / Print this page
One of the researchers ’current areas of interest is how to control autonomous mobile industrial robots to transport individual products from place to place (or process to process) in a factory, using more traditional methods such as conveyor belts. Going further, researchers intend to use artificial intelligence (AI) to combine and analyze data from the radio network, application software, and various sensors to optimize radio protocols for each use case.
As carriers around the world begin deploying 5G, factories are preparing to leverage the technology to support large-scale industrial IoT applications. These applications help you become more flexible in configuring facilities, better managing manufacturing equipment and processes, controlling product quality, and making supply chains more efficient.
Aalborg University (AAU) and Nokia Bell Labs have been collaborating for more than 20 years to develop and further develop industry standards for 3G, 4G and 5G. Now the two organizations are collaborating in the AAU 5G intelligent manufacturing laboratory to integrate and test advanced industrial IoT systems for the factories of the future. The lab mimics a small factory that combines private 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi 6 wireless solutions; positioning technologies; and a wide range of operational industry-level manufacturing and manufacturing facilities.
The lab offers a unique opportunity to experiment with wireless industrial IoT solutions in close collaboration with representatives from various vertical industries. For example, the lab recently created a digital twin on a Danish manufacturer’s production line to show how each production module can be connected to a production execution system (MES) server via LTE without zero production efficiency loss. In another use case, he presented ways to ensure ubiquitous wireless connectivity between studio and live television equipment, from cameras to lighting to a sound system.Preben Mogensen, a professor at Aalborg University and a staff member at Nokia Bell Labs said:“We want companies to be confident in the industrial implementation of IoT,” "Through an intelligent laboratory, we can produce research results that have real effects."
One of the researchers ’current areas of interest is how to control autonomous mobile industrial robots to transport individual products from place to place (or process to process) in a factory, using more traditional methods such as conveyor belts. The goal is to create a more flexible, efficient, and dynamic production line capable of prioritizing individual batches, exploiting chaotic traffic patterns, outlining malfunctioning machines, and quickly scaling or reconfiguring operations...read more
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