This company offers edge computing hardware and cloud-based applications for industries like oil and gas, enabling data collection, AI-powered analytics, and real-time optimization. Their solutions improve efficiency through IIoT monitoring, digital inspections, and asset tracking, while also enhancing worker safety with PPE compliance and rapid response capabilities.
Funding
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Problem
Many industrial environments, such as those in oil and gas, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries, pose significant safety risks due to hazardous materials and potentially explosive atmospheres. Traditional monitoring and communication systems often lack the ruggedization, intrinsic safety certifications, and real-time connectivity required to ensure worker safety and efficient operations in these demanding settings.
Solution
RuggedEdge provides intrinsically safe, industrial-grade edge computing solutions that enable real-time data collection, AI-powered analytics, and seamless communication in hazardous environments. The EdgeOne and EdgeTwo devices, combined with the EdgeConnect software platform, offer a comprehensive solution for connected worker, connected safety, and connected communications applications. These solutions facilitate digital inspections, asset tracking, PPE compliance, and rapid response capabilities, improving worker safety, enhancing operational efficiency, and enabling data-driven decision-making. The EdgeWatch smartwatch adds health monitoring and man-down detection capabilities, further enhancing worker safety in combustible environments.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes companies in the oil and gas, chemical, pharmaceutical, and paint and coatings industries that require intrinsically safe, ruggedized edge computing solutions for worker safety, asset monitoring, and operational efficiency.
Features
- EdgeOne and EdgeTwo: Intrinsically safe (Class 1 Division 1/Zone 1 and Class 1 Division 2/Zone 2, respectively) edge computing hubs with 5G and Wi-Fi 6/6E connectivity
- EdgeConnect: Cloud-based software platform for device management, worker profiling, and data analytics
- EdgeWatch: AI-enabled health monitoring smartwatch for combustible environments with SpO2, pulse tracking, vibration alarms, and GPS positioning
- Ruggedized design: IP68 dust/waterproofing and MIL-STD-810H durability for harsh environments
- Real-time data transmission: High-speed connectivity for continuous monitoring of IIoT devices and worker safety
- Integration capabilities: Compatibility with various sensors, PPE, and RealWear mobile headsets
- Remote collaboration: Digital push-to-talk and remote video collaboration for seamless communication with on-site or remote experts
- Geofencing: Creation of safety zones to prevent worker incursion into hazardous areas