Bosch an IOT Enabler and it’s

use cases
&
IOT in Logistics use case

BY:
Aniket Mulay (K063)
Franco Jain (I073)
Shubham Mehta (I082)
Devesh Jain (I053)
Rohini Singh (I063)
Akshit Bahuva (K071)
Bosch IOT Suite:
Bosch is not only implementing IOT in its facilities but also acting as an enabler for various
companies to provide IOT solutions to the market. It is becoming a single point source for the
IOT applications development requirement. It enables fast and quick prototype development
and testing procedures. It also makes the procedure of application roll out fairly simpler and
quicker. Bosch provides the application developers with a required set of tools which helps
them in providing desired set of applications rapidly. Bosch thus takes care of entire
application development lifecycle with its IOT Suite.
This IOT suite was rolled out for the users on 9 th March 2016. It already consists of over 5
million devices connected to its platform and also using it to enable quick application
development and roll out. Bosch IOT suite connects the users with experts at Bosch as well as
with the third party experts on the desired subject matter. It also provides high scalability for
the application roll out phase increasing the flexibility for the users.
Bosch IOT suite addresses the requirements of reliability, security, data analysis, software roll
out and connecting with the third party systems. Meeting these requirements of the customers
makes the IOT suite a reliable option for the customers.

Benefits of Bosch IOT suite:

Cost Effective:
Bosch IoT Suite customers can focus entirely on IoT application development that adds value,
rather than on IoT platform development, hosting, and maintenance. This helps maximize the
return on investment (ROI).

Innovative:
The Bosch IoT Suite supports innovative business models based on revenue sharing to
minimize the business risk of our customers. It opens up cross domain business models by a
consistent and systematic access to Bosch and 3rd party devices.

Open and Flexible:

The Bosch IoT Suite is explicitly designed to support open, standards-based approaches to
integrate with other domain specific services. The suite itself is also designed to be hosted in
different ways to meet differing requirements with respect to cost, elastic scale, transparency
and control.

Ready to use:
The subscription for Bosch IoT Suite services to be used in your individual IoT projects will
just take minutes. New features and services can be delivered very quickly
Security:
The Bosch IoT Suite comes with comprehensive state-of-the-art security technology that can
be used directly in application development. We focus particularly on the secure connection of
sensors, actuators, and embedded systems, using encryption and a public key infrastructure
(PKI). It is an area in which Bosch subsidiary ESCRYPT also brings its technology and
expertise to bear to meet the IoT’s security and privacy requirements.

IOT use cases:

1. IOT in Agriculture:
The startup which is formed by Robert Bosch to bring innovation to the agriculture sector with
robotics solutions, automated feel testing and IOT applications. The startup was enabled by the
IOT. At Deepfield Robotics, they investigate promising ideas that could possibly contribute to
our vision, e.g. automated field testing, robotics, and weeding. I ended up with the IoT topic,
and after two weeks, I was astonished at how well the Bosch mothership could meet our
technological needs. Not only could we choose from multiple Bosch divisions to provide us
with a connectivity solution, but we could also use an in-house IoT platform. Thanks to all this
support, we were able to run our first prototypes after three weeks of planning and internal
negotiations and only three weeks of implementation. I have never seen a prototype put into
action that fast before.

We decided to jump right in by providing an IoT service for the asparagus farmer. I assume
you’re not reading this blog to become an asparagus expert, so I’ll give you a brief introduction
to our first IoT application. The quality of asparagus depends heavily on the temperature of the
ground in which it’s grown. To control the temperature, farmers use a two-sided sheet of foil:
the black side draws in sunlight to increase the heat of the asparagus bed, and the white side
reflects light to cool the bed down. In order to make the right “black or white” decision, the
 farmer needs to measure the temperature of every field at least once each evening. That’s
where we come in. Our IoT system frequently measures the temperatures of the bed at different
levels and stores the data in the cloud. Then we provide this information plus additional
analysis in a front-end interface, accessible anywhere, anytime.

Challenges
The most important challenge faced by this industry is the unexpected change in weather.
Weather applications have been helping farmers in planning all phases of plantation but the
recent changes in weather caused by global warming have made it difficult to track the climatic
changes.

The second challenge is of protecting the crops from insects. Climatic changes can result in
untimely insect attacks on the crops which can result in complete destruction of agricultural
output for a farmer. Additionally, the use of insecticides itself is tricky. Using too much can
poison the crop while using too less can result in failure to protect the crop.

The third challenge is to increase production to meet the needs of an ever-growing global
population as well as to understand the soil of the agricultural land. Soil plays a significant role
in the quantity and quality of the output. Hence, monitoring the soil of agricultural land is very
important. In a broader perspective, all the risks, and challenges are interlinked and leave a
huge impact on the output.

Future Scope
Another direction in which smart farming is headed involves intensively controlled indoor
growing methods. Bosch IOT suite uses "personal food computers" (small indoor farming
environments that monitor/administrate specific growing environments) and an open source
platform to collect and share data. The collected data is termed a "climate recipe" which can be
downloaded to other personal food computers and used to reproduce climate variables such as
carbon dioxide, air temperature, humidity, dissolved oxygen, potential hydrogen, electrical
conductivity, and root-zone temperature. This allows users very precise control to document,
share, or recreate a specific environment for growing and removes the element of poor weather
conditions and human error. It could also potentially allow farmers to induce drought or other
abnormal conditions producing desirable traits in specific crops that wouldn't typically occur in
nature.

2. Bosch Smart Home

Bosch smart home makes life more comfortable. Thanks to intelligent technology one’s home
may already regulate many things in the background, without one having to do anything. That
makes life more comfortable, safer and more sustainable. The basis for the intelligent home
control are mutually connected devices that communicate with each other and automatically
adjust to the changing circumstances of your everyday life. For example, the smart door /
window contact indicates an open window on the smart home controller the radiator
thermostat. The energy consumption is adjusted automatically. The setting and control of smart
 home system is very simple and if desired can be controlled at the go thanks to the intuitive
operation via smartphone app.

Advantages:
 Comfortable house control from a single source
 intuitive operation via App
 combining numerous devices in the house
 Responsible handling of your data
 easy installation with App support
 future-proof: Always up to date through automatic software updates

Install and operate all smart devices with just one app. The Bosch Smart Home app is easy to
use and gives anytime an overview of home, on request of the move. Download the Bosch
Smart Home App from the App Store of your choice and run it in a smart home.
 Allows one to plan the temperature for all rooms exact time
 Organized communication between the respective devices and saves one’s settings
 Wireless on the go- Ensures constant access to smart home system
 Supports creation and administration of rooms and equipment
 Use with smartphones running Android 4.1 or iPhone models iOS 8

Below is a three step process to set up a Bosch Smart home system:

3. Analysis of Production Data

At Bosch factory in Homburg, Industry 4.0 is a very important topic – which is why we have a
wide range of exciting projects running to help make this vision a reality. One of these projects:
rule-based analysis and processing of production data with help from software designed especially
for manufacturing experts. The idea is to reduce the effort and expense that goes into monitoring
relevant process data. To do this, Bosch have implemented a tool to oversee processes, which
means Bosch can respond to deviations and faults more quickly. They are currently using it in
injector assembly and in throttle plate production.
Before Bosch could correctly deploy the software in a production line, they first needed to
precisely analyze the manufacturing process and conduct a range of interviews with the experts in
the plant. For throttle plate production, Bosch spoke with production planners, setters, and team
leaders to support the manufacturing process of the Electrical Discharge Machines (EDMs) with a
rules model. The experts explained, for example, which parameters influence the size of the hole
being eroded. They evaluated this information and then created a rule model. Now this model
keeps an eye on the eroding process for a hole and the various early warning limits can be set
easily for the defined parameters in order to guarantee consistent process quality.

How the software works in daily operation:

• Data is transferred from the machines and existing systems to the software
• The rules monitor process data from multiple machines in the parts production’s manufacturing
process
• The software promptly recognizes when defined early warning limits are reached for deviations
from target values for features on the individual part
• Automated notifications are sent to the line worker responsible
• Machines can be promptly readjusted
• Our manufacturing experts can work on and optimize the rule model themselves
To sum up, Bosch can now detect deviations in the manufacturing process at an early stage.
Whoever is responsible will be immediately notified so they can take the appropriate steps to
prevent production downtime or loss of quality.
Implementing this project showed once again how crucial it is to have the associates‘ expert
knowledge in the factory so that one can continue to improve quality standards. The software
allows to put a tool in associates’ hands that increases manufacturing transparency. Furthermore,
the employees can flexibly adjust the rules at any time, and thus precisely apply their knowledge
and experience.

4. ROHINI PART

5. DHL and Cisco on implications and use cases for the logistics industry
IOT presents a unique technology transition that is impacting all our lives and will have huge
implications for the business of logistics. Embed sensor technology and analytics throughout
our organizations, companies will enjoy unprecedented visibility into operations, enabling new
sources of value. This visibility, in turn, will transform how logistics providers make decisions,
including about how goods are stored, monitored, routed, serviced, and delivered to customers,
as well as operational health and safety practices.
These benefits extend across the entire logistics value chain, including warehousing operations,
freight transportation, and last-mile delivery. And they impact areas such as operational
efficiency, safety and security, customer experience, and new business models with IOT.
Applying IOT to logistics operations promises a substantial impact. We can monitor the status
of assets, parcels, and people in real time throughout the value chain. We can measure how
these assets are performing, and effect change in what they are currently doing (and what they
will do next). We can automate business processes to eliminate manual interventions, improve
quality and predictability, and lower costs. We can optimize how people, systems, and assets
work together, and coordinate their activities. And ultimately, we can apply analytics to the
entire value chain to identify wider improvement opportunities and best practices.

Warehousing Operations
Warehouses have always served as a vital hub in the flow of goods within a supply chain. But
in today’s economic climate, they also serve as a key source of competitive advantage for
logistics providers who can deliver fast, cost-efficient, and increasingly flexible warehousing
operations for their customers. This is no easy challenge. With thousands of different types and
forms of goods being stored in the average warehouse today, every square meter of
warehousing space must be optimally utilized to ensure specific goods can be retrieved,
processed, and delivered as fast as possible. The result is a high-speed, technology-driven
environment that is ideal for IOT applications. From pallets and forklifts to the building
infrastructure itself, modern warehouses contain many “dark assets” that can be connected and
optimized through IOT.
In the warehouse, the widespread adoption of pallet or item-level tagging — using low-cost,
miniscule identification devices such as RFID — will pave the way for IOT-driven smart-
inventory management.
Once pallets are moved to the right location, tags transmit signals to the WMS to provide real-
time visibility into inventory levels, thus preventing costly out-of-stock situations. If any item
has been misplaced, sensors can alert the warehouse manager, who can track the item’s exact
location for corrective action. For quality management, sensors monitor the condition of an
item and alert warehouse managers when the temperature or humidity thresholds are about to
be compromised.
During outbound delivery, pallets are scanned through an outbound gateway to ensure that the
right items – in the right order for delivery – are being sent. Stock levels are then updated
automatically in the WMS for accurate inventory control.
Beyond goods stored in a warehouse, IOT can also drive optimal asset utilization. By
connecting machinery and vehicles to a central system, IOT enables warehouse managers to
monitor all assets in real time. Managers can be alerted when an asset is being over-utilized or
when an idle asset should be deployed to do other tasks.