ABB, Robert Bosch & Cisco eyeing smart home software
ABB, Robert Bosch GmbH and Cisco Systems Inc have joined hands in an international joint venture called mozaiq operations GmbH to develop and operate an open-software platform for smart homes.
The platform promises to unify today’s standalone solutions for home automation and offer interoperability across devices.
It is claimed the platform, to be developed by mozaiq operations, would bring the Internet of things, services and people into consumers’ homes, making it easy and secure for a wide range of products to communicate with each other.
Consumers will be able to seamlessly and intuitively tailor their appliances and devices, regardless of brand, to deliver an unprecedented level of control, comfort and significantly improve energy efficiency, it is claimed.
For example, on an unexpectedly hot day, either from a click from a smart phone or through a pre-set instruction, blinds in the home will close.
The preset timer for the tumble drier could be switched off, and all screen devices automatically switched off for the children to go outside to play.
Tarak Mehta, head of ABB’s Low Voltage Products Division, said that this joint effort to develop an open-software platform for smart homes fit perfectly with ABB’s strategy to leverage the expanding opportunities of the Internet of things, services and people for consumers and companies alike.
Mehta said the mozaiq software platform would create opportunities for a range of new services by facilitating the simple but secure exchange of data between different types of devices and their users.
By creating a business ecosystem, ABB, Bosch and Cisco seek to facilitate cooperation and accommodate stakeholders’ varying demands and perspectives as the software platform is
developed.
