Data acquisition
that the network sets negative counters to zero and only processes positive values – similar to a filter that only lets positive signals through, making the learning process stable and reliable. This has two advantages: Firstly, the network works faster, and secondly, it avoids the computing problems that can occur with other methods. The last layer of the network – the output layer – determines the final correction value. Here, ‘tanh’ (hyperbolic tangent) is used as the activation function. This ensures that the calculated correction value is always within a defined range between -1 and +1. The system then converts this value so that it directly indicates how much the sensor must correct the measured distance in order to deliver precise results.
REDESIGNED MOBILE SCADA IN THE CLOUD
CALIBRATED TO LEUZE SENSORS Time-of-flight distance sensors with AI-based correction are particularly useful in industrial automation where precise measurement results are essential.
Typical applications include:
Navigation and collision avoidance: On robots and mobile platforms
Materials handling: Checking positions and distances on conveyor belts
Quality assurance: Checking distances on workpieces with difficult surfaces
Automated guided vehicle systems (AGVs): Precise distance control when parking and maneuvering
Safety applications: Detection of proximity to machines and systems
SUMMARY
Leuze is raising the precision of optical distance sensors to a new level with artificial intelligence. Tests have shown that the method’s AI-based calibration reduces systematic measurement errors, i.e. the dependence of measurement results on surface and distance, by more than half. Customers benefit from more robust and accurate measurements without any effort during operation, even with difficult surfaces. This makes it the ideal solution for challenging industrial applications.
Leuze
www.leuze.com Instrumentation Monthly March 2026
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merson, an industrial technology leader delivering advanced automation solutions, has redesigned the mobile app for its DeltaV SaaS supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software. The new app will empower operators and technicians to do more in the field from their mobile devices, helping teams in critical industries like oil and gas, specialty chemical and others achieve more efficient, optimised operations.
Operators and field technicians increasingly rely on mobile applications for SCADA solutions to help them monitor and manage production on the go, manually input data, change settings and issue commands, and simplify the work of recording chart estimates from anywhere across a plant or facility. However, today’s most efficient and effective teams need more robust mobile applications and a user- friendly interface to allow them to do more from anywhere. The redesigned mobile app for DeltaV SaaS SCADA is designed to give operators and technicians the control and clarity they need to be effective in the field, without the need to drag a laptop along with them. The rebuilt DeltaV SaaS SCADA mobile app provides an entirely redesigned user interface (UI) for more intuitive viewing of critical operations information. Via the new UI, users can create and customise their own reports, allowing them to compare multiple sensors and locations to have better visibility into how
operations are working in the field. The new UI also delivers alarms via push notifications, helping ensure operators and technicians are made aware of problems as quickly as possible. Users also gain access to new route planning features. They can create and manage routes/runs on the fly directly from the mobile app, making it easier to customise runs to their specific schedules and daily plans. An operator or technician can view the stops on the route at any time to quickly see which are in alarm and can seamlessly pass location information directly to the mobile device’s mapping app to be guided to locations. “Today, many operators and technicians are using mobile devices as their primary interface to their SCADA systems,” says Dawn Marruchella, vice president of Emerson’s Guardian software and solutions business. “We’ve redesigned the DeltaV SaaS SCADA mobile app from the ground up with this in mind – delivering a more seamless, intuitive way for users to access all the key information they need, in the format they desire, from anywhere across their plant, facility or enterprise.” DeltaV SaaS SCADA’s mobile app also features new widgets to simplify operation, making it easy for users to quickly see total alarms for selected locations and comparison of volumes produced.
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