API Connects Industrial Machines Built by Different Venders
Otto Motors has released the Otto Industrial API with the intention of connecting machines from different venders across the entire smart factory, including self-driving vehicles.
Share
Hwacheon Machinery America, Inc.
Featured Content
View More
Otto Motors has released the Otto Industrial API with the intention of enabling a fully connected and optimized smart factory, including self-driving vehicles. The application programming interface (API) is an integration system that enables machine-to-machine communication and full industrial automation by simplifying the process of connecting equipment and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to Otto. It connects self-driving vehicles to existing automation systems and processes, providing faster integration with industry-standard software and protocols.
The company collaborated with Inductive Automation to integrate Ignition software as part of the API architecture. The software platform can translate different protocols to the ones needed to speak to PLCs within manufacturing environments, contributing to a closed-loop automation system. The API enables Ignition to seamlessly access the data as OPC tags and to integrate them with built-in components and scripting. This process removes connectivity barriers that can interfere with the utilization of industrial self-driving vehicles.
The system is designed to create a connection that enables data to be exchanged between industrial machines from different vendors. The company says that this will lead to fuller integration of automation solutions in a smart manufacturing environment.
Related Content
-
Can Connecting ERP to Machine Tool Monitoring Address the Workforce Challenge?
It can if RFID tags are added. Here is how this startup sees a local Internet of Things aiding CNC machine shops.
-
Manufacturer, Integrator, Software Developer: Wolfram Manufacturing is a Triple Threat
Wolfram Manufacturing showcased its new facility, which houses its machine shop along with space for its work as a provider of its own machine monitoring software and as an integrator for Caron Engineering.
-
Shop Quotes Smarter, Works Harder with Machine Monitoring
Temco first installed MT-LINKi to optimize quoting. Now, the software helps the shop optimize its machines — and machine purchases.
