IoT Predictive Maintenance to Beat Machine Breaks

Handing off product packaging to an automated system is a relief, but returning from a meeting to find a treadmill on the fritz and product sitting still -- all while customers call in, clamoring for their shipments -- is not. That's the kind of problem with which businesses are wrestling as they find ways to pass off their repetitive tasks or "chores" to machines, allowing the humans to focus instead on the more nuanced responsibilities. When implementing time-saving machines, what's a business to do to ensure equipment failure doesn't turn automation into only frustration? Intelligence of Things Tracker charts the latest news on how companies are increasingly turning to IoT to predict when and how their equipment is going to break -- and to let them swoop in to the rescue before that expensive oil drill or package sorting machine stutters to a halt, snarling operations and revenue in the blink of an eye. From smart homes and smart cars to intelligent industrial machines that can have their ailments remotely diagnosed, IoT is a rapidly growing field.