As a global automation player, B&R is
committed to provide a platform for tomorrow’s engineers to learn and explore
latest trends. openAutomation Challenge 2020 was an online event for students
interested in developing innovative ideas focusing on automation, IoT and
cloud-based solutions.
The challenge brought in participation
from countries elite colleges with teams demonstrating innovative ideas. The
zest among students at the online competition was phenomenal with a closely
contested final having attractive prizes up for grabs.
Around 39 teams from across various Indian
states comprising of over 118 students from 17 institutions applied to
participate in the event. A team of experts from industry and academia
shortlisted 17 teams based on application concept, innovativeness and
feasibility of the idea. The teams were supported by mentors with a range of
expertise from B&R India. Rigorous workshops on various topics of
automation and OPC UA were conducted enabling students to prepare for the
competition. The 5-day challenge allowed teams to bring their idea to life and
showcase them to the jury. At the end, the jury judged the ideas for
innovativeness, complexity, usability, completeness, feasibility and team
effort.
Students displayed sheer commitment in
bringing their ideas into a working model. Many ideas focused on health,
agriculture, waste management, warehouse, F&B and robotics, addressing
challenges of sustainable environment and improved process effectiveness.
Machine learning algorithms for fault identification, regression models for
predictive maintenance, machine 3D model rendering, OPC UA for data monitoring
on python and mobile app for analytics were highlights of the challenge among
others. An effective use of B&R technology together with OPC UA was
witnessed by students.
Industries are undergoing a digital
transformation for operational excellence with automation, connectivity through
open source technology, IoT and data poised to play an important role. “At
B&R, we have been promoting talent among the engineering community in the
context of education in advanced topics of automation with a view to prepare
students for exciting innovations coming in future. openAutomation Challenge
2020 was focused on the latest trends in automation technology and connectivity,”
explains Tanay Sil, Head – Education Network, B&R Industrial Automation,
India. “Through our Education Network program, we pro-mote cooperation between
technical training centres, colleges, universities and B&R. Automation is
an important element in all manufacturing operations and industry expects new
recruits to have basic skills and technology knowledge. Moreover, in the era of
industrial IoT and industry 4.0 technology evolves rapidly with an engineering
curriculum struggling to keep pace. B&R Education Network is a
well-structured program of collaboration to improve the employability of
engineering graduates.”
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