Mobile monitoring and control system for a food industry development laboratory

  • Authors:

  • Maribeth Back;Bee Liew;Anthony Dunnigan;James Vaughan

  • Affiliations:

  • FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Palo Alto, California, United States;FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Palo Alto, California, United States;FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Palo Alto, California, United States;FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Palo Alto, California, United States

  • Venue:
  • MobileHCI '12 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services companion
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In this demonstration we will show a mobile remote control and monitoring application for a recipe development laboratory at a local chocolate production company. In collaboration with TCHO, a chocolate maker in San Francisco, we built a mobile Web app designed to allow chocolate makers to control their laboratory's machines. Sensor data is imported into the app from each machine in the lab. The mobile Web app is used for control, monitoring, and collaboration. We have tested and deployed this system at the real-world factory and it is now in daily use. This project is designed as part of a research exploration into enhanced collaboration in industrial settings between physically remote people and places, e.g. factories in China with clients in the US.