Have you ever needed to take your notebook or appliance into a store for technical assistance? The specialist probably opened the equipment, found the problem and fixed it, if at all possible that is! For the maintenance of more complex equipment, it is common for a specialist or instructor to teach and monitor the procedure, helping with identification of any problems and recommending which tool to use and how to carry out the process.
Although many jobs do disappear, others will be created – many of them requiring abilities that are especially human. The argument goes along these lines: artificial intelligence is getting better at automating the things that humans do. Not just repetitive tasks like assembling or repairing parts, but complex tasks that have traditionally been the domain of human beings.
Did you know that the use of artificial intelligence to handle complex tasks and automation is already established in many areas. When thinking about the future, do you think that Artificial Intelligence can replace personalized, professional or technical assistance? Have a read of this article and find out how we are using this technology at Atlantico.
To have the same qualities as a human, an artificial intelligence must be able to analyze and interpret the scenario that is observed. This is a capacity within one of the areas in which Atlantico is a specialist: computational vision.
For the creation of an intelligent system for maintenance, we must observe the following steps during development:
Object detection
The creation and training of computer vision models to detect equipment and assets that we want to be observed. For use on mobile devices, we should look at neural networks or methods with adequate inference timing for those devices.
Equipment status recognition
Identification and classification of the current state of the equipment. Different techniques can be used in this step. Computer vision algorithms that make visual identifications through images, together with the processing of data coming from the equipment’s sensors can provide information that identifies the current state of the equipment. Tip: Observe how humans identify and classify these states.
User Interface
Displaying the results to the user is one of the most important steps in this process. In industrial areas, any user restrictions or precautions must be observed, such as personal protective equipment (PPE) and physical maintenance environments, among others. At Atlantico we work with augmented and virtual reality projects to help with maintenance, using smartglass with handsfree and voice commands.
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