Over the past decade, HMIs evolved for many edge devices, from simple digital displays to dashboards rendered by business intelligence tools. The data gathered can be presented at the device on mobile devices that are connected via networks or transmitted to a central location. In some implementations, automated actions are initiated based on certain thresholds being reached.
The interfaces are becoming more varied as cognitive APIs are deployed as part of the HMI. Cognitive APIs deliver interfaces that can be used to speed searching, critical for use in many industrial-oriented applications where technicians must deal with mountains of engineering plans, circuit diagrams, and maintenance instructions. Cognitive APIs can also enable vision and speech recognition and language translation. The APIs are used in the construction of...
