Industry 4.0 Use Cases

One of the best ways to learn about Industry 4.0 is to see it in action. We've worked with our partners to cultivate a list of use cases that highlight some of the incredible things Industry 4.0 can accomplish. On this page you'll find how companies just like yours are growing their businesses with Industry 4.0 technologies.

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Inspecting a jet engine test facility with robotic drones
Robotics

April 7, 2021

A jet engine manufacturer required a general visual inspection of the metallic support in one of their test facilities, but operators of this type of construction are concerned about the possibility of debris, bolts, or nuts being sucked in by the engine during testing. So, operators flew a robotic drone through the control vanes to check the structural integrity of the metallic brackets that held the silencers together. They were very pleased with the collected high-definition footage of previously inaccessible places.

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Using robotics to monitor and maintain train lines
Robotics

April 7, 2021

An industrial drone inspection company was contracted to uncover potential defects in a bridge, allowing inspectors and maintenance crews to perform risk evaluations to fix potential issues before they become worse. The constant traffic these bridges support made this very challenging, so the inspectors used a robotic drone specifically built for inspections in hard-to-reach and dangerous places to capture visual data. The drone allowed them to access objects on the bottom and the side of the spans, providing high-quality visual data on critical parts of the bridge.

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Facilitate warehouse and logistics facilities
Robotics

April 7, 2021

A logsitics company needed an effective way to manage Inventory effectively, ease workers of complex task and increase productivity. Using of autonomous mobile robotics(AMR) that are embedded with sensors that enable it to recognize its location in the warehouse and avoid both static obstacles (like pallets) and dynamic obstacles (like forklifts), the robots were able to intelligently navigate through normal warehouse operations, slowing down around people and finding their own safe paths through the warehouse. With the simplicity and safety of this technology the logistic company was able to relieve workers, increase return on investment and enhance productivity.

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Developing a robot capable of learning from demonstrations
Robotics

April 7, 2021

Scientists are working to develop a robot that learns from demonstrations, much like 'Karate Kid.' This will enable robots to do various tasks without much programming required.

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Transferring data from different systems autonomously
Robotics

April 7, 2021

Regardless of the causes, organizations have historically neglected to devote adequate time and resources to data backup and recovery. Automating these procedures using RPA solutions that are provided with the necessary credentials, source, and destination information for the whole operation to be automated allows these processes to be fully automated. The entire process may also be monitored by an RPA solution; if there is a need for human involvement, the human task can be created.

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