Industrial Internet
The industrial internet is a term coined by General Electric[1] and refers to the integration of complex physical machinery with networked sensors and software. The industrial Internet draws together fields such as machine learning, big data, the Internet of things, machine-to-machine communication and Cyber-physical system to ingest data from machines, analyze it (often in real-time), and use it to adjust operations.
As of 27 March 2014, the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) was founded by AT&T, Cisco, General Electric, IBM, and Intel to bring together industry players—from multinational corporations to academia and governments—to accelerate the development, adoption and wide-spread use of Industrial Internet technologies.[2]
Examples
The Google driverless car takes in environmental data from roof-mounted LIDAR, uses machine-vision techniques to identify road geometry and obstacles, and controls the car’s throttle, brakes and steering mechanism in real-time.[3]
The Union Pacific Railroad mounts infrared thermometers, microphones and ultrasound scanners alongside its tracks. These sensors scan every train as it passes and send readings to the railroad’s data centers, where pattern-matching software identifies equipment at risk of failure.[4][5] Falling prices for computing power and networked sensors mean that similar techniques can be applied to small, common devices like machine tools.[6] In that case scenario, following a 5C architecture defined for Cyber-Physical Systems will help to standardize the use of Industrial Internet in manufacturing and related disciplines[7][8]
See also
- Cloud-based design and manufacturing
- Big data
- SCADA
- Industrial Ethernet
- Internet of Things
- Machine to machine
- Industrial control system
- Industry 4.0
- Intelligent Maintenance Systems
- Cyber-physical system
References
- ↑ Leber, Jessica (2012-11-28). "General Electric’s San Ramon Software Center Takes Shape | MIT Technology Review". Technologyreview.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ↑ Hardy, Quentin. "Consortium Wants Standards for Internet of Things". New York Times. 27 March 2014.
- ↑ Steve Lohr. "The Internet Gets Physical". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ↑ Chris Murphy (2012-08-08). "Union Pacific Delivers Internet Of Things Reality Check - Global Cio". Informationweek.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ↑ Chris Murphy (2012-12-07). "Silicon Valley Needs To Get Out More - Global Cio - Executive". Informationweek.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ↑ Jon Bruner (2012-10-29). "Listening for tired machinery - O'Reilly Radar". Radar.oreilly.com. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ↑ Lee, Jay; Bagheri, Behrad; Kao, Hung-An (January 2015). "A Cyber-Physical Systems architecture for Industry 4.0-based manufacturing systems". Manufacturing Letters 3: 18–23. doi:10.1016/j.mfglet.2014.12.001.
- ↑ "IMSCenter". IMSCenter.
External links
- Mark Fell. "Roadmap for the Internet of Things - Its Impact, Architecture and Future Governance" Carré & Strauss, 2014.
- Lohr, Steve. "The Internet Gets Physical" New York Times, December 17, 2011.
- Bruner, Jon. "Defining the industrial Internet" O'Reilly Radar, January 11, 2013.
- Murphy, Chris. "Silicon Valley Needs To Get Out More" InformationWeek, December 7, 2012.
- Loukides, Mike. "To eat or be eaten?" O’Reilly Radar, November 30, 2012.
- N.P., Ullekh. "How GE’s over $100 billion investment in ‘industrial internet’ will add $15 trillion to world GDP" Economic Times, December 16, 2012.
- Smarr, Larry. "An Evolution Toward a Programmable Universe" New York Times, December 5, 2011.
- Evans, Peter C. and Marco Annunziata. "Industrial Internet: Pushing the Boundaries of Minds and Machines" GE white paper, November 26, 2012.
- Bacidore, Mike. "Are your prepared to work in an autonomous plant?", PlantService, March 2013.
- "Industrial Internet 101 - A Beginner's Guide to the Next Industrial Revolution".
- "NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center on Intelligent Maintenance Systems"