This presentation discusses human-machine collaboration in industrial automation. It covers the need for human-machine interaction, handling uncertainty through a lifecycle approach using digital twins, and progressing towards more autonomous systems through a step-by-step approach. The overarching goal is a symbiotic relationship between humans and machines by leveraging their respective strengths to maximize benefits.

1. China Human Machine Interface Summit 2018, 15-16 Oct 2018
Abhilash Gopalakrishnan, Principal Engineer, ABB
HUMAN MACHINE
Agenda
The Need | Towards Customer eXp | Handling Uncertainty | Quest for Autonomy| Summary
Human Machine Collaboration | Promotes Industrial Automation
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October 21, 2018 Slide 2

3. October 21, 2018
The shift from centralized to more distributed styles is evident in the evolution happening in Smart Grids, Industry 4.0,
Industrial internet and IoT, Society 5.0.Slide 3
Human Machine
INDUSTRY
Agile Transformation, Digital Transformation
Human and Machine| The Need
VELOCITY
BREADTH & DEPTH
SYSTEMS IMPACT
DATA TO DECISIONS
AMOUNT OF DATA

4. Human and Machine| Translating Technology into Customer Value
October 21, 2018 Slide 4
Cloud lets data collected to be processed elsewhere, Internet of Things lets us reach every nook and corner
unraveling data, while Machine Learning lets us find patterns and relations leading to insights using analytics.
Artificial Intelligence lets us perceive the environment and perform actions to achieve goals. What really
matters is the resulting Customer Value.
CLOUD
INTERNET OF
THINGS
ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE
MACHINE
LEARNING

5. From three angles of human –machine interaction
Human and Machine| Approach to Emerging Trends
October 21, 2018 ABB has committed itself to helping customers improve, speed, yield and uptime.Slide 5
Driven by Empathy
– Integrating Physical & Digital
– Take Humans along
Quality and Collaboration
– Continuous Test and Integration
– Faster resolution of problems
Responsible Automation
– Augmenting with Humans
– Decision by Machine
Powered by ABB Ability™
Towards Customer eXperience Handling Uncertainty The Quest for Autonomy

6. Platform for digital transformation
Human and Machine| ABB Ability
October 21, 2018 Slide 6
Writing the digital future takes ability. ABB Ability™
ABB Ability Ability Experience
Unified, cross-industry digital offering — extending from
device to edge to cloud — with devices, systems, solutions,
services. Lessons from early adopters of digital has been
absorbed and considered in Ability Platform including;
- Cyber security is fundamental
- Computing
- Connectivity
- Cloud
- Analytics
Ability Customer Experience Center(s)
ABB Ability™

7. Early Lifecycle, Operations, Customization
Human and Machine| Customer eXperience
October 21, 2018 Slide 7
Early Lifecycle and Operations
Collaborative
Operations
Adaptable
Protectionand
Control
Project
Walkthroughs
Virtual
Commissioning
REX640

8. Digitalization, Smart Sensing, Inspection
Human and Machine| Customer eXperience
October 21, 2018 Experience a Smart Factory by watching the videoSlide 8
Digitalization
Centralized
Protection&Ctrl
Robotic
Inspection
Distributed
ControlSystem
asSaaS
SSC600
TXplore
SSC600
Smart
Sensing
After this slide see: Video on Smart Factory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ2BV-JI4mc

9. A Lifecycle approach
Human and Machine| Handling Uncertainty
October 21, 2018
The idea is to provide the same level of digital support to the industrial worker as has been available to office workers for
years.Slide 9
Lifecycle oriented considerations
– Planning, Modeling and Simulation, Continuous
Verification and Validation
– Cyber Security Common Architecture & Assurance
– Analysis of Quality using Visualization
Digital Twin
– Design and Configuration on twin
– Continuously learn and Improve
– Ensuring availability & reliability - condition monitoring
and advanced services
Collaborative-Human in Loop
– Keep Human informed
– Operators provided with Rationalized Alarms
– Improved Visualization
Lifecycle, Digital twins, Collaborative
LeanSixSigma,
Continuous
Integration,Twin
Collaborative,
HumanInLoop
ANALYSIS DASHBOARD
BUILD & TEST PIPELINE
ARCHITECTURE
ANALYSIS
U I PFLOWMETER MODEL
FLOWMETER DIGITAL TWIN

10. A Step by Step approach
Human and Machine| The Quest for Autonomy
October 21, 2018 Slide 10
Automation systems
– Can sense, analyze and act, within defined scenarios.
Autonomous systems
Need to be adaptable while staying predictable or
deterministic or explainable. They need to possess major
Artificial Intelligence Capabilities which involve:
– Perceive
– Understand
– Solve
More close to normal in robotic applications. In many other
areas, like in power plants where Human Factors play a
major role , a step wise approach, with these systems
working with humans and gaining confidence is essential.
Working with Startups through ABB Technology Ventures.
Path to Autonomy
After this slide see: Video on YuMi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UluhIJXIkBA

11. Human and the Machine
Human and Machine| Towards a truly beneficial relationship
October 21, 2018 Slide 11
– Human
• Creative
• Compliant
• Attentive to change
• Resourceful
• Decisions based on many factors
– Machine
• Logical and Consistent
• Can be precise
• Orderly
• Not distracted
• Unemotional
Towards a Symbiotic Relationship
Human – Machine Relationship
human
robot
Skill
Learn
YuMi directed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli in a program
of Verdi at a charity concert
13 Sept 2017

12. Let’s write the future.
Together

13. References
October 21, 2018 Slide 13
1. Klaus Schwab, ‘ The Fourth Industrial Revolution’.
2. George Westerman, Didier Bonnet, Andrew McAfee ‘Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation’, HBR.
3. Paul R. Daugherty, H. James Wilson, ‘Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI ‘.
4. Don Norman, ‘Things that make us Smart’.
5. Don Norman, ‘Design of Future Things’.
6. ABB Review 1, 2018, Innovation.
7. ABB Review 2, 2018, Excellence in design.
8. ABB Review 3, 2018, Algorithms meet material.
9. Adnan Darwiche in Communications of the ACM, October 2018, Vol. 61 No. 10, Pages 56-
10. https://new.abb.com/abb-ability/manufacturing/virtual-commissioning
11. https://new.abb.com/medium-voltage/distribution-automation/campaigns/smart-substation-control-and-protection-ssc600
12. https://new.abb.com/medium-voltage/distribution-automation/campaigns/protection-and-control-rex640
13. https://new.abb.com/news/detail/6527/abb-demonstrates-digital-future-of-power-grid-design-and-planning
14. Electrical Distribution Control System as SaaS
15. https://library.e.abb.com/public/941b18ffbb8d4f4db02786e741889846/1LAB000632_TXplore_Leaflet_Rev12.pdf.pdf
16. https://new.abb.com/oil-and-gas/systems-and-solutions/collaborative-operations
17. https://new.abb.com/news/detail/3819/abb-ability-smart-sensor-now-also-monitors-pumps
18. https://www.abb-conversations.com/2018/07/from-autonomous-cars-to-e-mobility-in-shipping-electric-digital-connected/