CLEA and the coffe machine that became smart with AI

MILAN - April 14, 2023 - PRLog -- Smart devices and machinery seem destined to conquer more and more space in daily life, alongside the increasing integration of Artificial Intelligence and IoT-based systems in manufacturing and industry and the development of applications that promote modernization and digitalization. CLEA, the SECO AI as a service platform, actively participates in this evolution.

The application of CLEA's artificial intelligence models enables industrial and commercial devices, including older ones, to be transformed into advanced smart devices with new features, able to collect data in the field and obtain useful information for business.

CLEA's data collection and processing activity has led to the development of interesting applications for digital signage and automatic distribution. A case in point in this respect is a new solution for hot beverage vending machines (developed by SECO using proprietary HMI technologies): proposing to enrich the human-machine interaction that characterizes traditional food and beverage vending machines, the application goes as far as suggesting to the user a product based on the purchase history, face recognition and the information collected regarding gender, age, emotions. This is made possible by the interaction of a sophisticated system of interfaces and advanced and innovative hardware and software components, a distinctive feature of SECO solutions. In addition to providing the customer with a new, personalized and interactive purchase experience, such an application provides the retailer with particularly powerful data collection and processing for statistical and business management purposes.

Smart vending machines are part of a broader framework of digital innovation that sees in the new signage, increasingly interconnected and empowered by Artificial Intelligence, both a tendency to revolutionize the sales experience, offering consumers new stimuli and ways of enjoying the context, and new possibilities for managing the data collected for commercial, promotional and activity monitoring purposes, as well as for maintenance, including predictive maintenance, of systems.

SECO (https://www.seco.com/it) is a leading company that has been operating for over 40 years in the high-tech market, developing integrated systems, miniaturized computers, IoT solutions for industrial customers. It is present on a global scale and operates through 5 production plants, 10 Research and Development centers and commercial offices in 9 countries.