Overview
Supplier SloganIndustrial IoT Data Platform
HQ LocationUnited StatesUnited StatesSlovakiaJapanOtherIndia
Year Founded201519812013201620142019
Company TypePrivatePublicPrivatePrivatePrivatePrivate
Stock TickerNASDAQ:CGNX
Revenue< $10m$10-100m< $10m< $10m< $10m< $10m
Employees< 101,001 - 10,00051 - 20011 - 5051 - 200< 10
Website Open website Open website Open website Open website Open website Open website
Company Description
Pioneered in large data centers, Deep Learning-powered computer vision is now being deployed across a variety of embedded platforms such as drones, robots, IoT smart cameras and cars. These devices require computer vision capabilities that run at the edge, in real-time and enable long battery life. Deep Vision is meeting these needs with a completely new approach to processors and software. Our unique vision-specific processor is faster and more power efficient than GPU and DSP processing for modern computer vision problems. Coupled with a full stack of low power and real time deep learning computer vision software, our system gives small devices like drones, robots, and IOT cameras the ability to have embedded computer vision.
Cognex Corporation is the world leading provider of vision systems, vision software, vision sensors and surface inspection systems used in manufacturing automation. Cognex is also a leader in industrial ID readers. Cognex vision helps companies improve product quality, eliminate production errors, lower manufacturing costs, and exceed consumer expectations for high quality products at an affordable price.
Photoneo is a leading provider of robotic vision and intelligence. Based on a patented 3D technology, Photoneo has developed the world's highest resolution and highest accuracy 3D camera, thus unlocking the full potential of powerful, reliable and fast Machine Learning and also reducing the training and deployment time. By bringing intelligent robots into the field, Photoneo helps companies mainly in the automotive, logistics, e-commerce, food and medical industry to improve the performance and efficiency of their manufacturing, fulfillment and assembly process.
Global Walkers makes full use of deep learning and image processing to provide various AI solutions.

InData Labs’ mission is to help clients rocket their competitiveness and get brilliant results of their work unseen before. As a Data Science firm with AI-powered solutions provider with its own R&D center, InData Labs helps businesses of all sizes all over the world to get valuable insights into data, automate repetitive tasks, enhance performance, add AI-driven features, and prevent cost overruns.

Industrial data platform

The ConnectedThinks Industrial data platform is capable of connecting to multiple industrial data sources, correlating and transforming the data into useful insights, and helping improve the efficiency of your industrial business.

Edge Connectors

The edge-connectors suite is a middleware deployable on ARM or X86-based Industrial edge IoT gateways. It enables quick connection and rapid onboarding of various assets such as machinery, sensors, asset trackers, Bluetooth beacons, and IP Video streams as well as OT assets such as PLC, SCADA, CNC, and HMI – to name a few. It offers secure device management and remote connection.

Data Platform

The ConnectedThinks data platform is a modern technology stack, built-to-scale to ingest and process high-speed, high-density, and real-time industrial data. Its functionality could be split into 3 primary parts – the data-ingest, the data-transform-&-store, and the data-query part.

The data-ingest part consists of a high-performant MQTT broker and a highly-scalable, multi-cluster Kafka messaging queue which together can ingest and process data at a very high speed.

The data-transform-&-storage part is built on top of Kafka KSQLdb and Apache Spark with real-time data transformation and the ability to integrate real-time machine-learning predictions for Anomaly Detection and other Predictive Maintenance tasks. The platform offers out-of-the-box connectors to store data on almost any database, data warehouse, or even into S3-storage compatible Data Lakes with efficient storage formats like PARQUET and AVRO.

The data-query part consists of multiple custom-built connectors to various SQL and pseudo-SQL databases and storages along with highly-scalable PRESTO (a.k.a prestodb)

Together it forms a complete Industry 4.0 offering for data intelligence and integration. The entire offering is built with Microservices and dockerized to make it suitable for deployment on-prem, private-cloud, or Public Cloud like AWS, Azure, or Google.

Data visualization & BI

ConnectedThinks platform offers a custom-built visualization engine, built from the ground up to serve the specific requirements of industrial operations which demand a combination of real-time diagnostic monitoring for high-speed data, a SCADA-like monitoring system with visual aids and historical data analytics with data ranging from a few weeks to couple years. It is built on top of front-end REACT-js libraries along with Authentication and fine-grain access Authorization to deliver a secure web portal that is accessible from any corner of the world. The platform is also pre-integrated with Apache Superset and offers embedded dashboards as well as quick drag-and-drop data exploration. The prestodb query engine ODBC connectors enable you to import and explore data from your existing BI solutions such as Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, etc,

IoT Solutions
Deep Vision has an ultra low power processor that is built from the ground up to run Deep Learning and other computer vision algorithms. Offering 100% programability, our processor can support all computer vision CNNs. We’ve built a full stack of complementary software that enable low power and real time processing. Innovative Architecture *High performance, scalable processor architecture that is completely programmable *60x better performance vs. competitors. Deep Learning Support *Built specifically to support Deep Learning, CNNs and traditional computer vision algorithms. *Software for easy software design and implementation. Low Power Design *Hardware and software combine to provide unprecedented power savings without performance loss. *Ideal for both embedded power and larger scalable solutions.
Cognex machine vision and barcode reading tools enable companies around the world to improve assembly verification, eliminate defects, automate production and identify challenging barcodes reliably across a wide range of industries and applications.
Machine learning (AI) and image processing technology (computer vision).

Industrial data solution

ConnectedThinks offers pre-built solutions to specific industries. All these solutions are built on-top of the Industrial data-platform and can be deployed and commisioned in matter of couple weeks. Reach out to us to discuss your specific requirements.

Manufacturing data analytics

Factories generate large amounts of data. A single PLC node in the factory could provide significant information about the health of the equipment and system it is driving. This information could significantly reduce the maintenance cost or avoid losses.

ConnectedThinks Industrial data platform enables connecting data from every PLC, sensor, equipment, MES, ERP system, and even data from human staff and bringing this to a managed data platform in real-time. The platform enables configuring real-time correlation, transformation, trend analysis, and anomaly analysis on this data to transform it into insights that answer key business questions and alert in time to reduce cost and better quality.

You could connect CNCs from Controller systems such as Siemens Sinumerik 840D SL and monitor critical signals in real time. The real-time visualizations engine is capable of displaying high-frequency data captured from these CNCs.

Vision and Sound Machine Learning

Vision and Sound are 2 important systems for inspection in industrial environments. ConnectedThinks offers ML-based solutions built with data from relatively cheaper IP surveillance cameras and microphones. These help to become the Eyes and Ears for your industrial setup.

AMR, AGV and warehouse solutions

With new robotics technology opening doors for companies of all sizes, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automation are becoming more popular in the manufacturing industry. Changing economic conditions, shortage in the supply of manual labor, and multiple such factors have led manufacturers to adopt an aggressive strategy to automate their workflows. The ConnectedThinks Edge Middleware is deployed on an Edge Compute Device and enables multiple edge functionalities such as Machine Learning predictions, device connectivity drivers, industrial interface protocols, network connectivity, etc. It is capable of running on Intel or ARM-based edge processors running Linux. It is also capable of running Edge analytics for data that is collected and localized to the edge. More often than not, AMRs are deployed on factory floors where they need to collaborate with other equipment in order to complete a job. For example, an AMR which needs to transfer goods across multiple floors needs to collaborate with the automated-lift system. Or the AMR needs to collaborate with the conveyor system for the loading and unloading of goods. Or in other cases, a bar-code scanner attached to the AMR would determine the destination. In all such cases, additional software logic and/or hardware Edge Gateways would be needed to connect to various machinery and equipment and help the AMR collaborate.

Key Customers

Carsem, Procter & Gamble, Royal Canadian Mint

Subsidiary
Parent Company

IoT Snapshot
TechnologiesAnalytics & ModelingAnalytics & ModelingSensorsAnalytics & ModelingSensorsApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareRobotsAnalytics & ModelingAnalytics & ModelingAnalytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewarePlatform as a Service (PaaS)Automation & ControlFunctional ApplicationsRobots
IndustriesAgricultureAutomotiveConsumer GoodsElectronicsFood & BeverageLife SciencesPharmaceuticalsRenewable EnergyPackaging
Use CasesComputer VisionVisual Quality DetectionComputer VisionPicking, Sorting & PositioningWarehouse AutomationPredictive MaintenanceVehicle TelematicsVisual Quality Detection
FunctionsDiscrete ManufacturingLogistics & TransportationQuality AssuranceDiscrete ManufacturingLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceSales & MarketingWarehouse & Inventory Management
ServicesHardware Design & Engineering ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem IntegrationData Science ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesData Science ServicesCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesSystem IntegrationData Science Services

Technology Stack
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Platform as a Service (PaaS)NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneModerate
Application Infrastructure & MiddlewareNoneNoneMinorNoneNoneMinor
Analytics & ModelingModerateModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate
Functional ApplicationsNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneMinor
Cybersecurity & PrivacyNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Networks & ConnectivityNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Processors & Edge IntelligenceNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
SensorsNoneModerateMinorNoneNoneNone
Automation & ControlNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneModerate
RobotsNoneNoneModerateNoneNoneModerate
DronesNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
WearablesNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
ActuatorsNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
OtherNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone

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Partners
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Overview
Supplier SloganIndustrial IoT Data Platform
HQ LocationUnited StatesUnited StatesSlovakiaJapanOtherIndia
Year Founded201519812013201620142019
Company TypePrivatePublicPrivatePrivatePrivatePrivate
Stock TickerNASDAQ:CGNX
Revenue< $10m$10-100m< $10m< $10m< $10m< $10m
Employees< 101,001 - 10,00051 - 20011 - 5051 - 200< 10
Website Open website Open website Open website Open website Open website Open website
Company Description
Pioneered in large data centers, Deep Learning-powered computer vision is now being deployed across a variety of embedded platforms such as drones, robots, IoT smart cameras and cars. These devices require computer vision capabilities that run at the edge, in real-time and enable long battery life. Deep Vision is meeting these needs with a completely new approach to processors and software. Our unique vision-specific processor is faster and more power efficient than GPU and DSP processing for modern computer vision problems. Coupled with a full stack of low power and real time deep learning computer vision software, our system gives small devices like drones, robots, and IOT cameras the ability to have embedded computer vision.
Cognex Corporation is the world leading provider of vision systems, vision software, vision sensors and surface inspection systems used in manufacturing automation. Cognex is also a leader in industrial ID readers. Cognex vision helps companies improve product quality, eliminate production errors, lower manufacturing costs, and exceed consumer expectations for high quality products at an affordable price.
Photoneo is a leading provider of robotic vision and intelligence. Based on a patented 3D technology, Photoneo has developed the world's highest resolution and highest accuracy 3D camera, thus unlocking the full potential of powerful, reliable and fast Machine Learning and also reducing the training and deployment time. By bringing intelligent robots into the field, Photoneo helps companies mainly in the automotive, logistics, e-commerce, food and medical industry to improve the performance and efficiency of their manufacturing, fulfillment and assembly process.
Global Walkers makes full use of deep learning and image processing to provide various AI solutions.

InData Labs’ mission is to help clients rocket their competitiveness and get brilliant results of their work unseen before. As a Data Science firm with AI-powered solutions provider with its own R&D center, InData Labs helps businesses of all sizes all over the world to get valuable insights into data, automate repetitive tasks, enhance performance, add AI-driven features, and prevent cost overruns.

Industrial data platform

The ConnectedThinks Industrial data platform is capable of connecting to multiple industrial data sources, correlating and transforming the data into useful insights, and helping improve the efficiency of your industrial business.

Edge Connectors

The edge-connectors suite is a middleware deployable on ARM or X86-based Industrial edge IoT gateways. It enables quick connection and rapid onboarding of various assets such as machinery, sensors, asset trackers, Bluetooth beacons, and IP Video streams as well as OT assets such as PLC, SCADA, CNC, and HMI – to name a few. It offers secure device management and remote connection.

Data Platform

The ConnectedThinks data platform is a modern technology stack, built-to-scale to ingest and process high-speed, high-density, and real-time industrial data. Its functionality could be split into 3 primary parts – the data-ingest, the data-transform-&-store, and the data-query part.

The data-ingest part consists of a high-performant MQTT broker and a highly-scalable, multi-cluster Kafka messaging queue which together can ingest and process data at a very high speed.

The data-transform-&-storage part is built on top of Kafka KSQLdb and Apache Spark with real-time data transformation and the ability to integrate real-time machine-learning predictions for Anomaly Detection and other Predictive Maintenance tasks. The platform offers out-of-the-box connectors to store data on almost any database, data warehouse, or even into S3-storage compatible Data Lakes with efficient storage formats like PARQUET and AVRO.

The data-query part consists of multiple custom-built connectors to various SQL and pseudo-SQL databases and storages along with highly-scalable PRESTO (a.k.a prestodb)

Together it forms a complete Industry 4.0 offering for data intelligence and integration. The entire offering is built with Microservices and dockerized to make it suitable for deployment on-prem, private-cloud, or Public Cloud like AWS, Azure, or Google.

Data visualization & BI

ConnectedThinks platform offers a custom-built visualization engine, built from the ground up to serve the specific requirements of industrial operations which demand a combination of real-time diagnostic monitoring for high-speed data, a SCADA-like monitoring system with visual aids and historical data analytics with data ranging from a few weeks to couple years. It is built on top of front-end REACT-js libraries along with Authentication and fine-grain access Authorization to deliver a secure web portal that is accessible from any corner of the world. The platform is also pre-integrated with Apache Superset and offers embedded dashboards as well as quick drag-and-drop data exploration. The prestodb query engine ODBC connectors enable you to import and explore data from your existing BI solutions such as Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, etc,

IoT Solutions
Deep Vision has an ultra low power processor that is built from the ground up to run Deep Learning and other computer vision algorithms. Offering 100% programability, our processor can support all computer vision CNNs. We’ve built a full stack of complementary software that enable low power and real time processing. Innovative Architecture *High performance, scalable processor architecture that is completely programmable *60x better performance vs. competitors. Deep Learning Support *Built specifically to support Deep Learning, CNNs and traditional computer vision algorithms. *Software for easy software design and implementation. Low Power Design *Hardware and software combine to provide unprecedented power savings without performance loss. *Ideal for both embedded power and larger scalable solutions.
Cognex machine vision and barcode reading tools enable companies around the world to improve assembly verification, eliminate defects, automate production and identify challenging barcodes reliably across a wide range of industries and applications.
Machine learning (AI) and image processing technology (computer vision).

Industrial data solution

ConnectedThinks offers pre-built solutions to specific industries. All these solutions are built on-top of the Industrial data-platform and can be deployed and commisioned in matter of couple weeks. Reach out to us to discuss your specific requirements.

Manufacturing data analytics

Factories generate large amounts of data. A single PLC node in the factory could provide significant information about the health of the equipment and system it is driving. This information could significantly reduce the maintenance cost or avoid losses.

ConnectedThinks Industrial data platform enables connecting data from every PLC, sensor, equipment, MES, ERP system, and even data from human staff and bringing this to a managed data platform in real-time. The platform enables configuring real-time correlation, transformation, trend analysis, and anomaly analysis on this data to transform it into insights that answer key business questions and alert in time to reduce cost and better quality.

You could connect CNCs from Controller systems such as Siemens Sinumerik 840D SL and monitor critical signals in real time. The real-time visualizations engine is capable of displaying high-frequency data captured from these CNCs.

Vision and Sound Machine Learning

Vision and Sound are 2 important systems for inspection in industrial environments. ConnectedThinks offers ML-based solutions built with data from relatively cheaper IP surveillance cameras and microphones. These help to become the Eyes and Ears for your industrial setup.

AMR, AGV and warehouse solutions

With new robotics technology opening doors for companies of all sizes, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automation are becoming more popular in the manufacturing industry. Changing economic conditions, shortage in the supply of manual labor, and multiple such factors have led manufacturers to adopt an aggressive strategy to automate their workflows. The ConnectedThinks Edge Middleware is deployed on an Edge Compute Device and enables multiple edge functionalities such as Machine Learning predictions, device connectivity drivers, industrial interface protocols, network connectivity, etc. It is capable of running on Intel or ARM-based edge processors running Linux. It is also capable of running Edge analytics for data that is collected and localized to the edge. More often than not, AMRs are deployed on factory floors where they need to collaborate with other equipment in order to complete a job. For example, an AMR which needs to transfer goods across multiple floors needs to collaborate with the automated-lift system. Or the AMR needs to collaborate with the conveyor system for the loading and unloading of goods. Or in other cases, a bar-code scanner attached to the AMR would determine the destination. In all such cases, additional software logic and/or hardware Edge Gateways would be needed to connect to various machinery and equipment and help the AMR collaborate.

Key Customers

Carsem, Procter & Gamble, Royal Canadian Mint

Subsidiary
Parent Company

IoT Snapshot
TechnologiesAnalytics & ModelingAnalytics & ModelingSensorsAnalytics & ModelingSensorsApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareRobotsAnalytics & ModelingAnalytics & ModelingAnalytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewarePlatform as a Service (PaaS)Automation & ControlFunctional ApplicationsRobots
IndustriesAgricultureAutomotiveConsumer GoodsElectronicsFood & BeverageLife SciencesPharmaceuticalsRenewable EnergyPackaging
Use CasesComputer VisionVisual Quality DetectionComputer VisionPicking, Sorting & PositioningWarehouse AutomationPredictive MaintenanceVehicle TelematicsVisual Quality Detection
FunctionsDiscrete ManufacturingLogistics & TransportationQuality AssuranceDiscrete ManufacturingLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceSales & MarketingWarehouse & Inventory Management
ServicesHardware Design & Engineering ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem IntegrationData Science ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering ServicesData Science ServicesCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesSystem IntegrationData Science Services

Technology Stack
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Platform as a Service (PaaS)NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneModerate
Application Infrastructure & MiddlewareNoneNoneMinorNoneNoneMinor
Analytics & ModelingModerateModerateModerateModerateModerateModerate
Functional ApplicationsNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneMinor
Cybersecurity & PrivacyNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Networks & ConnectivityNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
Processors & Edge IntelligenceNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
SensorsNoneModerateMinorNoneNoneNone
Automation & ControlNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneModerate
RobotsNoneNoneModerateNoneNoneModerate
DronesNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
WearablesNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
ActuatorsNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone
OtherNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone

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PartnersAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureBosch Connected Devices and Solutions GmbHGoogleTeltonikaWAGO
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