Autonomous Operations for Industries

Autonomous operations meet the needs for efficiency, business resiliency, and employee safety across industries.

Autonomous operations in transportation

For ports, trains, and cars, automation provides additional safety for passengers, operational flexibility, and reduced costs.

The Indy Autonomous Challenge

Cisco powered the Indy Autonomous Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway. The competition featured autonomous race cars traveling at 150 miles per hour with Cisco enabling all in-vehicle and car-to-trackside connectivity.

Ports and terminals

Autonomous guide vehicles, ship-to-shore transfer cranes, and rubber tire gantry cranes speed up operations.

Trains

Driverless trains increase throughput by increasing the frequency of trains on a metro line while delivering a superior safety track record.

Vehicles

Fully autonomous vehicles may still be in development, but partial autonomy is here. And with it, drivers get back time normally needed to fully focus their attention on the road.

Transportation autonomous operations use cases

Terminal automation - Ports

Throughput demands are driving automation and data analytics across the globe.

Signaling and control systems - Roadways

Reliable and redundant connections eliminate service disruptions​ and increase operational efficiency.​

Ground operations - Airports

Mitigate errors and keep people and their goods safe for a better travel experience.

 

Industrial automation in manufacturing

Automated storage and retrieval systems, autonomous guided vehicles, and robots improve efficiencies.

Digital Manufacturing

Connect and digitize industrial and production environments to significantly improve business operation outcomes.

Improve operational efficiency

Securely connect and digitize industrial and production environments.

Autonomous manufacturing use cases

Industrial automation

Optimize operations to drive efficiency, enhance safety, and create a competitive differentiation.

Advanced warehouse operations

Maximize uptime and facility-wide productivity while reducing turnaround time.

Remote operations

Improve equipment utilization and reduce operating costs.

Remote fleet operations in mining

Autonomous and remote solutions enable mining companies to centralize their control of haulage, dozing, and drilling without putting people in harm's way.

Improve productivity and efficiency

Better utilized resources, such as water and energy, increase haulage performance and production time.

Increase worker safety and security

Safety improvements for dozer operators mean fewer incidents involving vehicles and haul trucks in mining operations.

Reduce costs and greater agility

Shortened reaction times to production-impacting failures, market trends, industry fluctuations, and shifting demand improve the bottom line.

Autonomous mining use cases

Autonomous and remote control

Build autonomous, semi-autonomous, and tele-remote operations for haulage, dozing, and drilling in surface and underground mines.

Fleet management

Pervasive communications between haul trucks, shovels, and crushers connect these key assets across the mine.