Osram is an IoT user, too
Here’s one for the practice-what-you-preach department. Osram, the lighting giant that is working hard at adding Internet of Things (IoT) and data services to its offerings, is also pushing the boundaries of IoT technology as a user. It plans to put wirelessly-networked peripatetic robots to work on the factory floor, wheeling materials to stations exactly where and when needed.
Munich-based Osram is working with Deutsche Telekom. DT will install a smart communications network called Campus Network that uses LTE connectivity plus “Edge Cloud,” which transfers complex offsite computing processes to an onsite server.
With all of that at work, the robots – basically, wireless guided trays on wheels that Osram refers to as “real-time automated guided vehicles” (AGV) – will improve the efficiency of operations.