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BuildTrack Solutions help to make
enterprises safe, smart, and sustainable
across their globally distributed office
branches, classrooms, conference
facilities, retail stores, ATMs, warehouses,
and manufacturing. Our hotel
automation solutions enrich the hotel
guest’s in-room experience and
improve the operational and energy
efficiency of the hotel.
What are the initial challenges after
venturing into the field of
automation and what are the
challenges now?
The initial challenges related to the
development of the hardware and
software technologies in the rapidly
evolving field of IoT. The available
base of experienced engineers and
scientists in this field was limited in
India and therefore it was a constant
challenge to innovate these products.
The challenges now relate more to
ensuring that supply chain and product
quality is steady and managing the
ongoing disruptions being felt due to
product shortages, transport
restrictions, unavailability of many
products and components locally
within India, changing rules for
imports and much more. All this while
trying to maintain the timelines and
quality of our products and solutions
that are committed to our customers.
Being an experienced leader, share
with us your opinion on how
automation technology is being
deployed currently, and what
advancements can we expect in the
future?
The smart home space in India is
growing at a rapid rate, and this can be
attributed to affordability and better
availability of such products. Typical
offerings of a smart home space consist
of control devices and sensing devices.
Control devices usually provide access
to lighting, AC, fans, locks, water
heaters, and plug points remotely.
Sensing devices are usually intended to
sense smoke, gas leaks, door or
window intrusion, or motion. Smart
appliances that are just emerging also
allow control of the operation of
certain types of appliances remotely.
The emerging area of Voice Assistants
is an added user interface in addition to
smart apps. Cloud servers that connect
to the automation often play a vital
role, because they serve as the silent
sentinels in the cloud that operate to
perform a pre-determined task such as
operating devices on pre-defined
schedules or to reach when certain
events take place (e.g., to sound an
alarm or to turn on the lights if the
door intrusion sensor is triggered).
On the Smart App front, users are
looking to go beyond the list of devices
and seeking more interesting
360degree panoramic room views in
which the device controls or monitors
are placed, as they are more intuitive
and more appealing to use.
Future evolutions will revolve around
the integration of AI and Machine
Learning to enhance the automation to
be more aligned with the daily needs of
the users and in some cases even
anticipate the needs based on past
behaviours.
What would be your advice to the
aspirants who are willing to venture
into the field of automation services?
We would encourage them to enter the
field of automation as the opportunities
to improve many of our daily activities
and processes are immense. There are
considerable opportunities for
automation both via software and
hardware development. They should
also be cautioned that developing
hardware is much more challenging
than software as there are many aspects
of the infrastructure in India that make
the design, procurement, and delivery
of a physical product much more
challenging than say software. That
said, for those interested, it is still a
rewarding experience and journey to
engage.
27 | April 2022 | www.insightssuccess.in