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Smart Home
ROBOTICS
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Robotics Sensor Station IoT
Introduction
Before starting with the models and your programming,
I would like to entice you with a small preview of these
interesting projects. This also includes a glimpse into the
new control-related features with their specific technical
names, to be precise, what do we mean by “Smart Home”,
Internet of Things”, “Digitization” and “Industry 4.0”
Digitization
If you check the Internet for the term “Digitization” you will find that the
term and the associated technology are actually not all that new. For
example, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz invented the first “computing
machine” in the 17
th
century. Another milestone in digitization was
Joseph-Marie Jacquard’s loom controlled by punched cards (1805).
What does digitization mean? Technically speaking it is the
conversion of analog data, such as 100 m, 30 seconds, into
digital data, consisting exclusively of a series of zeros and
ones. The analog number 10, is represented in digital
form by the character string 1010. However, digitization is
also a means of storing and processing data without using
paper. This was initially accomplished by using electron
tubes, later transistors and, since approx. 1970 using
microprocessors, which are still in use today; naturally in an
advanced form.
Can you find any examples of digitization in your surroundings? Do you
still read printed books, or do you already have a digital “E-book”? Do you
listen to digital radio programs? What about your music CDs, or your
computer games? You receive voice messages on your smart phone. A
(digital) computer voice reads you the text. The navigation system (GPS)
in the car also determines the position of the vehicle with the aid of
Reconstruction of a
computing machine
designed by Leipnitz in
the 17
th
century
Inter
net of Things
Smar
t Home
Digitization
Industry 4.0