The funny thing about CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is that it’s not just about consumer electronics. For industrial equipment supplier Siemens, for example, CES 2024 is an opportunity to present a wide range of technological innovations.
Partnership with Sony for a mixed reality headset
Siemens and Sony announced that they are collaborating on the production of a next-generation mixed reality headset designed to use Siemens design tools such as NX Immersive Designer.
What caught the eye was that Sony used Siemens tools to design the headset, and liked them so much that it contacted them to form this exclusive partnership.
Red Bull Racing Partnership
Siemens/Red Bull
Red Bull Racing is another company that uses the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.
Although the details revealed are minimal, the companies say they show “how this new solution allows engineers to break free from traditional constraints to bring together the virtual and physical worlds by immersing them in the industrial metaverse.”
Siemens Industrial Copilot
In another partnership, Siemens is working with Microsoft to integrate Copilot, Microsoft’s generative AI assistant, into industrial projects and processes. It should help improve human-machine collaboration.
The companies plan to add more co-pilots for industries such as construction, transportation and healthcare. Schaeffler AG, a manufacturer of bearings for automobiles, aerospace and industrial mechanisms, has already started using this technology.
Increase partnership with Amazon
Mendix, a low-code enterprise software provider, was founded in 2005 in Rotterdam. In 2018, Siemens bought the company after using Mendix to create more than 450 specialized applications. Mendix is now part of the Xcelerator portfolio offered by Siemens.
At CES, Siemens and AWS announced they are “strengthening their partnership” to enable companies to build and scale generative AI applications. This partnership involves the integration of Amazon Bedrock and Mendix. Bedrock is a SaaS-based generative AI tool that allows developers to use foundational models to create and customize specialized applications.
By combining the resources of Bedrock’s AI toolkit with Mendix’s low-code approach, it will be possible for developers to prototype low-code AI solutions, which could reduce the development cycle of several months, even several years.
Affordable prosthetic arm
Siemens/Unlimited Tomorrow
By using digital twins, it is possible to simulate real-world conditions and analyze the results, allowing design optimization without having to incur the cost of producing numerous physical prototypes.
Siemens shows how its Siemens Xcelerator portfolio and tools like the NX Designer help build products. For example, a company called Unlimited Tomorrow makes affordable, lightweight, high-quality prosthetics for children and adults.
The process includes digital scanning of the object, 3D printing, custom engineering and production of a unique model, resulting in an artificial limb that is more comfortable for the patient, while reducing costs .
The new home automation
Siemens
Siemens also presents intelligent home energy management solutions under the name Inhab. The three key components are:
- A load manager that is installed in your electrical panel
- Smart circuit breakers
- And an energy monitoring app to manage and control it all
The company’s goal is not only to control energy, but also to allow homeowners to have better visibility into energy consumption cycles, which can lead to better decision-making. Siemens is thus paving the way for those who want to buy electric vehicles and want to charge them in their garage.
In addition to drinking habits, the system can also be programmed to issue a series of alerts based on various conditions. This helps keep the home safe and reduces energy costs.
Addressing food insecurity
Blendhub
Blendhub is a fascinating story. The company uses containers as food factories. She is a pioneer in the concept of food as a Service. Containers can be deployed worldwide.
They can provide manufacturing services, creating customized ingredients for local food industries, customized food products for local needs, and high-nutritional food products for populations in need of better nutrition.
At CES, Siemens is showcasing how it equips Blendhub with technology solutions essential to automating and managing its portable food factories. Siemens also contributes to Blendhub’s food production model by, for example, supplying automation components such as its TIA process control system.
Predictive maintenance and AI
Siemens
The modern manufacturing industry is characterized by a large number of machines and relatively few personnel. The problem is that machines have moving parts and over time they break down or wear out.
Siemens is showcasing its Senseye technology, which uses AI to predict maintenance and upkeep needs in factories. This technology combines the use of existing and next-generation sensors with artificial intelligence, behavior models and asset management to give managers a dynamic and even “forward-looking” view of plant performance.
Source: “ZDNet.com”