Features – AI Solution Festo AX

Edge analytics

Analysis directly at the machine

Festo AX evaluates the data produced on the edge component, i.e. directly on your machine. The advantages: Latencies and costs for data transfer are minimised. Even high-frequency and large data volumes are no problem. The choice of hardware for the edge component is completely up to you.

Visualisation tools

Global health

The results of the analysis are available to you, among other things, in a single value: Global health. From a critical range selected by you, you are notified of the anomaly. Festo AX offers you further visualisation tools with which you can discover new correlations in your data, for example.
 

Root cause analysis

What is the cause of the anomaly?

A root cause analysis is automatically generated for every abnormal behaviour of your machine. It shows which sensors are crucial for the anomaly detection. The additional visualisation of the data helps you to get to the bottom of the anomalies and to recognise important correlations.
 

Parameterisable artificial intelligence

Needs-based adjustment of all parameters

You can optimise the algorithms integrated in Festo AX for your application by setting individual parameters. We supply the default parameters that are optimally preset for you. Depending on your needs, you can easily adjust these yourself in the Festo AX user interface. No in-depth data science knowledge is required for you to do so.
 

Notifications

Learn about anomalies in time

With the notification function, you can document, manage and forward the most important activities. Each time an anomaly is detected, a notification is generated including the following functionalities:

• Data visualisation of the anomaly
• Automatic root cause analysis
• Diagnostic and classification tool
   

Human-in-the-loop

Use existing knowledge

Your staff can classify detected anomalies as a malfunction or maintenance requirement. The algorithm benefits from the knowledge and experience of your experts.

On Premises | Cloud | Hybrid

We support you in your preferred environment

On Premises: With an On Premises solution, the learning of the models takes place in your local computing instances.

Cloud: The main component runs in a cloud of your choice.

Hybrid: Festo AX components are operated on premises and in the cloud. For example, complex computing tasks of the local component for model training can be outsourced to scalable cloud instances.
 

Data connectivity & data sets

Use data effectively

Connect your machine via standard industrial protocols (e.g. MQTT or OPC-UA) using intuitive configuration. You can flexibly define where the data comes from and where the results are sent.

You can use the collected data or data sets from other systems as a training basis for the AI. For this purpose, the data set manager with all the necessary features, such as the data view and historical data, is available to you.