Hello everyone, after a few weeks of silence, I return to introduce two very special
colleagues.
Their names are Morfeo and Fobetore, they are two brothers; Morfeo, the older one, lives at the MTC in Milan, while Fobetore, the younger one, accompanies us on our days with clients.
I use the term "younger" and not "smaller" because he was "born" later but has more advanced characteristics.
These two "colleagues" are part of a "small world", in fact they are two robots installed in our small factory. The two robots perform fairly simple tasks, picking up Lego bricks and, based on a vision system implemented on the line, placing them on the pallet for shipment or in the dedicated scrap bin.
Fobetore, was born a bit delicate, so we equipped it with a dozen sensors (temperature, vibration, a gyroscope, noise, pressure, etc.) All this data is transmitted in real time, using Microsoft's very large #azure infrastructure, to our data scientists who continuously monitor it. If any parameter drift is detected, our system predicatively intercepts the problem and opens a maintenance request in real time on our curation system, #365FO.
As you may have guessed, Fobetore does not see, so to help it separate the good bricks from those to be discarded, we have equipped our system with a vision system that, through the #azure module, the #cognitiveservice and the #azureiothub, constantly "talks" to Fobetore, which is also connected to the "network" through the #iothub .
Of course we also thought about his safety, in fact we implemented, again through a camera and a #haarcascade, a system that continuously monitors who approaches our little factory, so we know in real time who/how many and for how long people have been near our "friend".
Over time, we realized that Fobetore was feeling a little lonely, so we added other components to his world; in fact, these days we have implemented other systems, such as a kit that can monitor environmental conditions while he is traveling, such as different temperatures, rather than the speed of the vehicle he is traveling on, reporting these values to the #PowerBi, so we can ensure his safety.
To make Fobetore less lonely, we gave him a new friend, Mr. Forklift! To ensure his safety, we have implemented a system that can monitor if and how much he works, through photocells on the buckets and sensors (#beacons/#gps) that can understand the route he takes, the speed he travels and also if certain temperatures (cold chain) are exceeded during his journey.
To ensure their safety, all the data are entered in real time into #365FO so that the operators can intervene at any time, although thanks to #copilot, any anomaly is reported very quickly. In case of need, thanks to #remoteassist and #hololens, anyone from the control room can intervene to solve the problem.
All the interventions carried out are recorded for the purpose of #advancedassetmanagement, so that through the #supplychaintower dashboard that we have created, it is really easy to consult the history of the interventions and their impact on costs.
Through the use of a #rfid system, we always have under control not only the technicians who intervene but also the tools used, in fact, during each maintenance intervention, the technicians, before using a tool, check if it is still in the calibration plan or if it has expired, receiving an alarm within the #hololens if it is used improperly.
If you want to know how you too can build a fully integrated system, not necessarily according to #365FO, all you have to do is look for the #europeanmanufacturinghub of #avanade, we will be happy to introduce #morfeo and #fobetore with all their friends.
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