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Full Steam Ahead: CIO Kopal Raj of WABTEC on staying ‘on-track’ with AI, IoT and sustainability goals

CIO

WABTEC products and locomotives have numerous embedded digital pieces – both hardware and software, which allow us to track performance, and assess their reliability and warranty for the customers. How is WABTEC leveraging emerging technologies like AI and IoT to enhance its manufacturing processes, as well as improve operational efficiency?

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Radar trends to watch: December 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Increasingly widespread skepticism over Artificial General Intelligence may be a harbinger of another AI Winter –or at least an AGI winter, since current AI techniques have found many homes in industry. The US Department of Defense has issuedethical guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence by its contractors.

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Predictive Maintenance: Employing IIoT and Machine Learning to Prevent Equipment Failures

Altexsoft

Major cons: the need for organizational changes, large investments in hardware, software, expertise, and staff training. PdM employs multiple hardware and software modules as well as cloud technologies. Main hardware and software components powering predictive maintenance. chemical content. IT infrastructure. IIoT system.

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LiLz uses computer vision to read gauges and dials where humans prefer not to tread

TechCrunch

Using a robot is another way to automate it, but doesn’t a network of IoT devices seem more practical than a quadrupedal bot trucking around constantly? version of the hardware as well. Doing daily rounds of these dials is not just dull work for humans, but can be dangerous as well. million Series A round in early 2021. .

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EarthOptics helps farmers look deep into the soil for big data insights

TechCrunch

Using high-tech imaging techniques, the company claims to map the physical and chemical composition of fields faster, better, and more cheaply than traditional techniques, and has raised $10M to scale its solution. The imaging hardware can be mounted on ordinary tractors or trucks, and pulls in readings every few feet.

Big Data 234
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Industrial drone maker Percepto raises $45M and integrates with Boston Dynamics’ Spot

TechCrunch

Percepto , which makes drones — both the hardware and software — to monitor and analyze industrial sites and other physical work areas largely unattended by people, has raised $45 million in a Series B round of funding. Previous investors U.S. Venture Partners, Spider Capital and Arkin Holdings also participated. .”

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