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Internet of Things
During recent years, one of the most familiar name scaling new heights and creating a
benchmark is Internet of Things (IoT). It is indeed the future of communication that has
transformed Things (Objects) of the real world into smarter devices. The functional aspect of
IoT is to unite every object of the world in such a manner that humans can control them via
Internet. Furthermore, these objects also provide regular as well as timely updates on their
current status to its end user. Although IoT concepts were proposed a couple of years ago, it
may not be incorrect to quote that this term has become a benchmark for establishing
communication among objects.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and


digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers (UIDs)
and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-
to-computer interaction.

Popular fields of IoT Applications are: -

 Smart Home
 Wearables
 Smart City
 Smart Grid
 Industrial Internet
 Connected Car
 Connected Health
 Smart Retail
 Smart Supply Chain

IoT is a combination of Sensing, Communication and Computation

Recent IoT Products: - Wemo Remote, Ninja Blocks, NEST Thermostat, etc.

IoT in Power Grids and Home: -

Smart Home - Consists of all the smart appliances in home which communicates with each
other and can take decisions on each other’s readings.

Power Grid - Power distribution to the smart home and the guideline pricing based on the
past peak hours seen.

Smart Meter - Smart meters are the digital energy meters with smart chip and scheduler
which can make decision on scheduling the electrical home appliances based on the guideline
price received from the power grid.

4 Layer Model for IoT


 The first layer of Internet of Things is Integrated Application Layer: These are
the small, memory-constrained, often battery-operated electronics devices with
onboard sensors and actuators.
 The second layer is Management Layer: The various IOT devices of layer 1 need to
be connected to the internet via a more powerful computing device called the IOT
gateway which primarily acts like a networking device. So, like how a WiFi router
helps us connect many laptops, phones and tablets to the internet at home, the IOT
gateway aggregates data from numerous sensing devices and relays it to the cloud.
 The Third layer of Network Construction Layer: All the sensor data relayed by
IOT gateways is stored on cloud hosted servers. These servers accept, store and
process data for analysis and decision making. This layer also enables creation of live
dashboards which decision makers can monitor and take proactive data driven
decisions. Today, almost all cloud computing companies have custom service
offerings for IOT solutions.
 The Final layer is Identification Layer: This is where the magic happens and the
collected raw data is converted into actionable business insights, which can help
improve business operations, efficiency or even predict future events like machine
failure. This layer employs different data science and analytics techniques including
machine learning algorithms to make sense of the data and enable corrective action.

2. Robotic Process Automation


Robotic Process Automation is the technology that allows anyone today to configure
computer software, or a “robot” to emulate and integrate the actions of a human interacting
within digital systems to execute a business process. RPA robots utilize the user interface to
capture data and manipulate applications just like humans do. They interpret, trigger
responses and communicate with other systems in order to perform on a vast variety of
repetitive tasks.

RPA Tools – UiPath, blueprism, Automation Anywhere

RPA supports “attended” and “unattended” use cases

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