Industrial Automation


New Eyes for


Precision Machining


Making Factories Agile and Effi cient with Vision-Equipped IoT Controllers By Joe Lin, General Manager, IoT Automation Solutions Business Group, NEXCOM


and cyber-physical systems to streamline manu- facturing and business processes, improve versatil- ity and precision, and reduce lead times and waste.


T 36 | 2016 | 13th Edition | Embedded Innovator |


he convergence of physical and digital worlds is giving rise to the smart factory and a new genera- tion of industrial machinery. Known as Industry 4.0, this new era is con- necting the Internet of Things (IoT)


Turning a traditional factory into a smart factory to achieve these advantages, however, presents multiple challenges. These include:


• Accommodating the sheer variety and size of the machinery involved


• Managing the complexity of distributed control systems that can include hundreds of control nodes


• Connecting and integrating the multitude of sensors and legacy devices on isolated factory networks


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