Design for the Internet of Things
Tackle the challenges of identifying, developing and deploying value-adding IoT Applications
Internet of Things (IoT) is a technology trend driven by the rapid development of information and communication technology. IoT applications allow to automatically capture, transfer and evaluation data about physical objects (e.g. products, spare parts, production machines, tools, warehouses/production halls, vehicles, etc.). Despite the great technological potential, the identification and development of concrete, value-enhancing IoT applications is a serious design and innovation challenge—especially for the manufacturing industries.
Our research aims to tackle the design and innovation challenges of IoT application development and to support the exploitation of the advances in digital technologies. Answering three main questions should accelerate and foster the realization of IoT applications in the manufacturing industries.
- What inhibits the development of IoT applications?
- How can IoT applications generate added value in an industrial context?
- How can added value efficiently be demonstrated and validated?
In our work we empirically investigate the motivation and inhibitors of IoT application development in industrial enterprises and we develop IoT applications as learning case studies using state-of-the-art technologies. The case studies demonstrate the potential value adding and the new possibilities given by the applied technologies. In addition, the studies allow to apply and test promising development practices.
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