How artificial intelligence is fuelling engine maintenance innovation at Rolls-Royce

In addition to designing, testing and maintaining engines in the digital realm, the IntelligentEngine vision sets out a future where an engine will be increasingly connected, contextually aware and comprehending, helping to deliver greater reliability and efficiency. Specifically, engines will connect with other engines and will be contextually aware, allowing them to respond to the environment around them without human intervention. Through the IntelligentEngine initiative, an aero engine will be able to learn from its own experiences and from its network of peers, and will adjust its behaviour to achieve best performance, according to Rolls-Royce. The initiative is supported by Rolls-Royce's R2 Data Labs, an acceleration hub for data innovation launched in December 2017. The lab provides a centre for advanced data analytics, industrial AI and machine learning research, along with product development.