Hobbyists and teachers were the first big fans of the Raspberry Pi. Now industrialists are using it as a cheap way to spy on their robots, potentially boosting the Internet of Things market.
Share to twitterRaspberry Pi’s like this one have helped make Sony’s manufacturing facility in Wales 30% more efficient, according to its general manager.Open a box with a Raspberry Pi and it can seem like the rest of the computer is missing. Costing just $35, it’s a stripped-down circuit board covered with metal pins and squares, just enough hardware to power games and surf the Web.
One factory manager says the machine is so cheap and effective that after a three-year trial it has helped make his automated machinery 30% more efficient, particularly in the speed of production. Each tiny computer is equipped with extra sensors to monitor things like temperature, vibration, proximity and energy usage.
Monitoring machinery as Edwards has done is the crux of a technology trend that was in vogue for a while, called the Industrial Internet of Things. This referred to using sensors and wireless connectivity to monitor machinery and weed out efficiencies by, for instance, predicting when a robotic arm needed maintenance before it broke down.
Eben Upton didn’t expect any of this when he started the Raspberry Pi Foundation six years ago, or that he’d sell 25 million devices. Having first expected a trickle of initial orders from robotics enthusiasts, his tiny staff was overwhelmed on the day they first went on sale. More than 100,000 people woke up at 6 a.m. U.K.-time to order one.
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