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iBot Control Systems
One Platform, A Million Possibilities
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RAVI SUBRAMANYAM
CEO, IBOT CONTROL SYSTEMS.
A
large volume of articles has always
been written about how Internet of
Things (IoT) is the tech trend of the
future. Big tech giants and startup companies
are trying to leverage the technology and
get everything we use in our day-to-day lives
connected. Though they draw strategies to
leverage the technology, it would be of no use
if the technology does not have connection
with people. iBot Control Systems is one such
company that enables connectivity between
people, processes and things.
Founded in 2011, based in Reno, Nevada, USA,
iBot Control Systems is a high-tech research
company that aims to help manufacturers
of products, equipment, machinery and
infrastructure to leverage the new age of
connectivity to bring smarter devices. iBot
Control Systems Inc. creates products for
industry leaders and innovators who aim to
disrupt their markets with connected products
and IoT tech. The company integrates
electronics, telecommunication, firmware,
and cloud capabilities to develop connected
processors.
AUGUST 2019
Recognizing the need to build
products and systems that
are standard, iBot Control
Systems leverages the expertise
of an adept team that brings
together their knowledge in the
diverse engineering disciplines
of electrical engineering,
electronics engineering, sensor
technology, wireless technology,
mechanical engineering and
software engineering to create an
inclusive IoT platform. Through
a combination of hardware and
software, the iBot platform allows
a plug and play IOT sub-system,
enabling manufacturers and
consumer-focused businesses to
create a connected product. iBot’s
USP is to be able to deliver an
end-to-end solution right from
sensorization, device engineering
all the way to business apps and
integration into SAP and other
ERP systems and finally AI, ML
and Analytics on the cloud to
deliver next gen business insights.
iBot Control Systems connect even
current generation machines to
the machine internet or invent
new connected machines.
There is a clear intersection
between the Internet of Things
(IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Companies need to be aware of
the full potential of the IoT. If
companies need to be aware of the
full potential of the IoT, then IoT
has to be merged with Artificial
Intelligence (AI) technologies
that advance rapidly. This allows
“intelligent machines” to think for
themselves and make decisions
with full knowledge of cause
and with minimal or no human
intervention.
IoT is about connecting machines
and making use of the data
generated from those machines.
AI is about simulating intelligent
behaviour in machines of all kinds.
Clearly an overlap. As IoT devices
will generate vast amount of data,
then the AI will be functionally
necessary to deal with these
huge volumes if we’re to have
any chance of making sense of
the data. Data is only useful if it
creates an action. The collection
of these data does not benefit
anyone unless there is a system
of interpretation to understand
them. That’s where the AI comes
into play. To make data actionable,
it needs to be supplemented with
context and creativity. IoT and AI
come together in this context, i.e.
‘connected intelligence’ and not
just connected devices.
iBot provides a wide range of
IoT apps. Integrating AI into an
application is not very different
from developing an application;
it is a hybrid of data engineering,
data science, and software
development tasks.
“iBot is democratizing the Internet
of your things” — Satya Nadella,
CEO, Microsoft .
Businesses are in the early
stages of AI adoption and are
still learning how to put the
technology to work. Executives
from all industries expect AI to
be exceedingly important to their
company’s success.
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