Advantech's Integrated Framework Enables AI, IoT in Factories

摘要

The SRPs mentioned by Dr. Yang are an indication of the industrial IoT solutions that have been developed for vertical industries. These SRPs meet 70 to 80 percent of application needs, with the remaining gap filled by system integrators for final installation, adjustment, and customization. At present, Advantech is targeting Industry 4.0 applications, including machine-to-intelligence (M2I), intelligent retail, intelligent healthcare, and energy and environment management, all of which fall under the development of smart cities. Advantech proposed the SRP concept as a new operating model in 2013. At that time, the traditional client-server architecture was still maintained despite industrial applications and cloud services being a point of emphasis. With the SRP concept, the server was simply moved to the cloud and solutions with specific functions were designed to meet specific customer needs. This function-oriented architecture created a deep connection between IoT data and system functions, but rendered system development difficult. This was because for every new application scenario, Advantech had to redesign and develop suitable solutions, making it difficult to realize mass replication and rapid implementation.