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Technology evolution is in turn providing monitoring devices with the necessary intelligence
to produce and transmit in real time only the relevant diagnostic information, thus reducing
the frequency and volume of raw data transmission to optimize the battery autonomy when
they lack external power. In turn they allow to download, if required, the full-recorded data
postponed in time.
Devices or systems supporting maintenance execution can be directly used as a complement or
replacement of maintenance activities, either to improve the safety, reliability or ergonomics
of operations, or to enhance the efficiency and optimize the costs of the intervention by
automating the process.
They are in fact the most popular gadgets in the Connected Industry or IIoT since many of them
find eventual applications in maintenance or repair workshops and could be part of what is
usually designated as Workshop of the Future.
These devices include Robots and Cobots -Collaborative robots- Additive Manufacturing and 3D
Scan, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR / VR), Connected Tools, Wearables or smart technology
integrated in clothing, Drones, Smart Glasses, etc.

The main value of these tools is the possibility of improving the process efficiency and safety
by automating labor-allocated tasks, as well as the possibility to reinforce both process control
and process quality.

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