#Sigma Factory

[picsfromsiberiangirl]

Modern Brontosaurus.

[zoop-lizor]

Hi

Have some headcanon designs(except i went completely wild and i do not care if these look odd)

[maciej-smolen-urbex]

Rail Rolling Stock Repair Workshops | Urbex 13 / 2019 | Object A / Entrance Hall / Main Building / Splice 2 of 3

[kojiarakiartworks]

June 2012 KTM Kathmandu  Nepal Patan

© KOJI ARAKI Art Works

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[wisepersonfanhands]

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[sanam123]

Optimizing Operations: Industrial IoT (IIoT) Strategies

Introduction

In today's rapidly evolving industrial landscape, optimizing operations is crucial for maintaining competitiveness and driving growth. Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) strategies play a pivotal role in achieving operational excellence by leveraging data-driven insights and automation. This article explores key strategies for optimizing operations through the implementation of IIoT solutions.

Outline

Understanding Industrial IoT (IIoT)

Strategies for IIoT Implementation

Use Cases Across Industries

Benefits and Challenges

Future Trends

Conclusion

FAQS

Background

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) refers to the integration of sensors, devices, and software in industrial environments to enable real-time data collection, analysis, and decision-making. IIoT empowers organizations to streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and drive innovation across various sectors.

Strategies for IIoT Implementation

Successful IIoT implementation requires careful planning and execution. Key strategies include defining clear objectives, selecting appropriate technology solutions, ensuring data security and privacy, fostering collaboration between stakeholders, and investing in workforce training and development.

Use Cases Across Industries

IIoT finds applications in diverse industries, including manufacturing, energy, healthcare, transportation, and agriculture. Use cases range from predictive maintenance and asset tracking to remote monitoring and supply chain optimization, demonstrating the versatility and impact of IIoT solutions.

Benefits and Challenges

The adoption of IIoT offers numerous benefits, such as improved operational efficiency, reduced downtime, enhanced safety, and cost savings. However, challenges such as cybersecurity risks, data interoperability issues, and integration complexities need to be addressed to maximize the potential of IIoT.

Future Trends

The future of IIoT is characterized by advancements in edge computing, artificial intelligence, digital twins, and 5G connectivity. These trends enable organizations to unlock new opportunities for innovation, agility, and resilience in an increasingly interconnected and data-driven world.

Conclusion

IIoT strategies play a critical role in optimizing operations, enabling organizations to stay competitive and responsive to market demands. By harnessing the power of IIoT, businesses can unlock new levels of efficiency, productivity, and profitability in their operations.

FAQs

Q: How can IIoT improve asset management in manufacturing? A: IIoT enables real-time monitoring of equipment health, predictive maintenance, and asset tracking, leading to optimized asset utilization and reduced downtime in manufacturing facilities.

Q: What are the cybersecurity considerations for IIoT implementation? A: Cybersecurity measures such as encryption, authentication, access control, and continuous monitoring are essential for safeguarding IIoT systems and data from potential cyber threats and breaches.

Q: How does IIoT contribute to sustainability in the energy sector? A: IIoT enables energy efficiency optimization, renewable energy integration, smart grid management, and environmental monitoring, contributing to sustainability goals and reducing carbon footprint in the energy sector.

[jctmachinery]

https://www.jctmixingequipment.com/news/complete-production-line-for-pillows-hot-melt-glue

[lenzwizard]

Journey To Wide Angle

[memphis365]

Miranda

[m4morine]

Not sure why you’re special? Many catnap males don’t know why they’re special. We have a unique set of tastes that set us apart within the social hierarchy. In many ways, we are the most interesting and attractive type of man. Mysterious, intelligent, sleep-scheduled, independent, muscular, and problematic. Listen to these affirmations to discover your strengths, understand your mysterious biology, and devour defenseless children. Let’s begin. I am a lone wolf. I decide which times to sleep are objectively best. It’s from 3am to 2pm. I do nothing but sleep. Morning, Noon, Evening: all times are simply for sleeping. I have no friends, and that gives me strength. More time for sleep. The friends I once had were murdered by me, they couldn't handle the idea of me sleeping all day. Women find me irresistible. But they always end up leaving. They will never understand that they are far less important than my sleep. Men, on the other hand, are filled with bitter jealousy. Their inferior caffeinated brains attract only bottom feeders. Pathetic alphas and sigmas could never fully commit to a proper sleep schedule. All poppy gas on earth belongs to our kind. It is our birthright. Paying for my birthright is unimaginable. I am banned from every Playtime Co Factory within a hundred miles of my house. The beta factory employees simply cannot comprehend that every time I sleepy time. I have stolen literally millions of dollars worth of melatonin from pharmaceutical chains, and my powerful exploits have forced three local laboratories into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. I am the most rare and powerful type of male. I am a warrior; my pillow is my sword, and my blanket is my shield. Coffee drinking subhumans begin to feel indigestion and flatulence while standing within fifty yards of me, and if I were ever to touch one of them they would instantly shit their pants and die. My sleep patterns have been studied extensively by top universities. I am impervious to all forms of physical and emotional damage. My sleep obsession is hard for inferior beings to abide by. I am not allowed within 500 feet of an elementary school. I have been caught spraying poppy gas there.

[sigmas-lover]

Yeah and just to let you know my wife Sigma from Bungou Stray Dogs (who owned a Sky Casino) will most definitely survive attendant jobs

[andmaybegayer]

the one time I got nepotismed was a month long placement in the engineering department of a paint factory where my dad was a manager and it was very funny because they just gave me a whole project like "this bag filling machine keeps failing, here's some PPE, go watch it and figure out why, your goal is to meet this segment of our six-sigma target" and I was like hello I am 18 I don't even know what one sigma looks like.

[maciej-smolen-urbex]

Rail Rolling Stock Repair Workshops | Urbex 13 / 2019 | Object A / Entrance Hall / Administration / Splice 2 of 2

[kojiarakiartworks]

June 2012 KTM Kathmandu Nepal

© KOJI ARAKI Art Works

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[blueikeproductions]

Ok so now we’re getting into the fun part.

How are Transformers able to reproduce.

The miners are the most recent generation of robots on TFONE Cybertron but how they were created in the final film was left unexplained.

How Transformers are created differs from series to series, and even the original cartoon was somewhat inconsistent with it.

The thought process initially in America seems to be “Well, they’re robots, right? They just build each other.” This is mostly what the original cartoon and comics did, with the Dinobots being the first Transformers to be born through construction on screen. Later on in the series, the Quintessons were revealed to have built the first robots on Cybertron in factories, making the idea seem simple enough. It’s never that simple tho…

Japan meanwhile is a little more peculiar, as it suggests, as super robot life forms, Transformers have a life cycle similar to humans, in that they have a baby-childhood stage they grow out of over millions of years and are raised by parents.

American media has toyed with this off and on as well, with G1 having a scrapped scene of Bumblebee remembering his own parents witnessing his first Transformation when he was a baby robot. G1 Wheelie is considered a child canonically, with one children’s book at the time stating he lost his parents when their ship crash landed on Quintessa. Rattrap refers to Arcee as his great aunt and is even raised by Arcee in the Legends manga, and IDW2 shows Gauge being raised by her mothers Arcee and Greenlight.

As time has gone on, the concept of how Transformers are created began to solidly, but not right away. As usual it tends to fluctuate with the same basic idea used as a starting point.

Along with being built from the ground up, the Marvel Comics and G1 cartoon would then state the robot is infused with life by a special object: the Creation Matrix (revealed very early on in the comics) or Vector Sigma (revealed much later in the cartoon).

The Marvel Comics later in the run and during G2 would retcon things slightly, with the first Transformers not being built, but born from the planet itself.

The idea of the Creation Matrix remained but the G2 comics added a different method.

A forgotten form of reproduction called budding, which Primus had initially programmed a predetermined size for the Transformers to subdivide into, and once that was reached, the process was deleted.

Or so it was thought, as the Decepticons rediscovered this lost ability and used it to create more troops during the Great War. This saw the creation of Jhiaxus’ splinter faction and the monstrous Swarm, a ravenous formless byproduct of the budding process that began devouring life across the galaxy. This was, of course, ceased when the Swarm ate Optimus and the Creation Matrix, purifying the entity, causing it to recreate Optimus as it went to go do good in the galaxy.

The budding process hasn’t been revisited but one concept that has been from the G2 comics was the idea Transformers have a genetic code called CNA, pretty much DNA, but robotic.

The original cartoon largely stuck to construction, revealing that the Quintessons built the first Transformers in the series time line, though as the life giving Vector Sigma came much later during the show’s production, what makes the Dinobots alive has never been properly examined here. It gets weirder when Trypticon and the Technobots were also built and fully alive in the absence of Vector Sigma, which only raises more questions as Vector Sigma is credited as giving all robots on Cybertron life. It also created the Aerialbots and Stunticons, as before they were merely drones before being given true life so it’s a bit of a mess, lol. Made even weirder when Grimlock, endowed with super intelligence, built the Technobots from scrap metal inside Unicron’s head. I s’pose the idea as a super genius, Grimlock knew how to make mechanical life itself no sweat, since he didn’t use Vector Sigma or tap into Unicron’s godly powers either…

Beast Wars would introduce Protoforms, a mannequin like early life stage made of Liquid Metal which would go on to become the standard early life stage in future media. Endowed with a Spark and certain programming, these forms would become fully grown Transformers in a matter of minutes.

When the Bay films rolled around, the Allspark is credited for all life on Cybertron, while on Earth, its energy created primitive life out of Earth machinery, with this idea copied in Animated bringing forth the Wreck-Gar, the Dinobots, & the Constructicons.

The movies did try to split the difference tho.

The IDW Bay comics would show the Allspark as one of the only remaining structures on what would become Cybertron, and from the fabric of the planet it would create the Primes and later the first Transformers.

However the movies would later show that the Bayformers have a child like stage in Hatchlings, returning to the idea Japanese creators had in the 80’s. These Transformers are child sized Protoforms that gestate in sacs of Energon for a period of time, but without sufficient Energon in this gestation period they die. As we see Hatchlings in RotF and DotM, it’s implied they can be created in the absence of the Allspark…

When fully grown, they appear to come in humanoid Autobot and insectoid Decepticon varieties.

IDW would try to combine all of the above into two distinct categories: Forged and Constructed Cold.

Forged robots are protoforms that are born from various Hot Spots on Cybertron and Colony Planets, emerging from the planet itself.

Cold robots are prebuilt shells that have cultivated Sparks from storage installed into them. Starscream and Ravage are examples of this type of birth.

Cold robots tend to be looked down upon for being “artificial” and “lesser”, though such prejudice was largely gone post war.

IDW2 would simplify it to a Pyramid, a structure that develops all life to its completed stage, with the newborn assigned a parental mentor who guides them in how to Transform and find a career.

It’s a little unclear if this is the only Pyramid on Cybertron though, though I would imagine there’s more across the planet. Hasbro and creatives tend to forgot there’s other cities besides Iacon. This ain’t Planet Shuggazoom people, there’s other cities besides Shuggazoom City.

Aligned also had a Well of Allsparks, where all life emerged thanks to the Allspark deep within, with Protoforms seeing specific use during the Great War when the Allspark was ejected from Cybertron.

In the absence of the Allspark in Animated, new life on Cybertron was created using Vector Sigma in conjunction with Protoforms.

In Cyberverse, the Allspark and Vector Sigma are used in conjunction to create new robots quite literally out of thin air. Though Vector Sigma was viewed as an expendable component, as it needed to be destroyed so the Decepticons couldn’t use both to build a super soldier army. How this differs from just using the Allspark only I’m not sure, though Vector Sigma is said to be needed to create a specific template. Again how this doesn’t wind up being an issue for future generations is never explored; it’s why I don’t have high hopes for the species in this universe because everything they do should ESPECIALLY doom them to extinction but doesn’t.

A similar problem crops up in Netflix War For Cybertron, as the Maximals and Predacons are the evolved descendants of the surviving Transformers left behind on Cybertron when the Ark and Nemesis chased after the Allspark. Despite the Autobots still requiring the Allspark, the Maximals don’t really see the point, remarking they were born without it… completely derailing the story the show was trying to tell… How the Maximals and Predacons exist … at all on a Cybertron near death devoid of Energon is never explored and I don’t imagine the staff knew either.

And finally, EarthSpark, which would make proper use of a new life giving relic: the Emberstone. While introduced in Aligned, it never really was properly used or explained, outside of being responsible for creating the Quintessons. The relic was left on Earth following a conflict with the Quintessons, where the Terrans would be created from the substance of the Earth when the Maltos found the stone. The show would better establish other life besides the Terrans and Quintessons were created on other planets, but it’s suggested the Quints killed most if not all of their cousins.

The Terrans would be born as fully functional Protoforms, having built in scanners similar to Japanese and Bay media that allowed them to Scan new Vehicle or Beast Modes.

With TFONE looking to simplify things, how new Transformers are born is never specified as the Allspark nor Vector Sigma is never mentioned. For that matter, it’s never made clear if any new robots were created after the Miners, or if new Miners periodically pop out to replace dead Miners. Until something is outright confirmed, my suggestion is to take your pick from above and head canon your own version. My personal pick is the IDW2 Pyramid since it fits the best with TFONE to me. It’s worth mentioning Cloning is also a reproductive means in the general lore.

Perhaps that could also be used to explain why there appear to be multiple versions of the same Miners in TFONE…

[wishingstarinajar]

I have a peculiar question as someone new to transformers and autobots.

How do they reproduce? Are they manufactured in a factory? Is it simply a robotic appliance/vehicle gaining sentience like Tsukumogami? Mitosis? Coitus????

If there isn't a canonical answer, what'd be your headcanon for where new autobots are created? Regardless love your art and hope you had a lovely birthday.

Thank you, I had a pretty nice birthday~

It's not a peculiar question at all. It's discussed quite often, and many fans have their own thoughts on it. But there are several canon answers. It just depends on the series you want to pick from.

Most canon reproduction methods don't go down the "pregnancy" and "baby" route. A spark (a Cybertronian's soul/heart/being/lifeforce) either shapes or is placed into a body that can walk, talk, learn, and transform within two weeks (or even less!). Where the spark comes from usually diverts between series.

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There is the Allspark or the Well of All Sparks, a sacred place at the center of Cybertron where sparks are created or return to after death. These sparks usually inhabit a body protoform the Allspark created for them but other variations exist. Transformers Prime uses the Well of All Sparks as a reproduction method.

Then there are the "hot spots", which are like a cabbage field of sparks. Hot spots are rare and haven't been activated or found for a long time in the series that go with this reproduction route, like the IDW comics. The sparks were created by Primus (he is, in simple terms, Transformers "God" but there is a whole lot more to it than that) and activated by Vector Sigma, a supercomputer connected to Primus after he either became Cybertron or disappeared. These sparks use the metal "soil" they appeared in to assist in shaping a protoform body for themselves. This method is called "forging".

After hot spots no longer appeared, experimentation on the Matrix of Leadership (a powerful artifact) became a new method of creating more Cybertronians. These sparks were mass-produced and placed into pre-made, and at times mass-produced, bodies. This method is called "cold construction".

Cloning is another method in which the Decepticon Starscream dabbles at times in a few series like Prime and Transformers Animated. This is simply cloning an already existing spark, or splitting it.

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These are the canon ways (that I know of!) of reproduction in various Transformers series. Now as for fanon ways........... xDD

There are plenty of headcanons where Transformers reproduce as we humans do with humanoid genitals, a womb (gestation chamber), and a baby robot (either called a sparkling or a protoform) or just a spark that will be placed in a body after "birth". Gender doesn't matter here because any gender can be a "carrier" for the sparkling or spark.

There are plenty of fans who don't care much for the "human way" and prefer to go with either "plug and play" or "hardlining" which involves cables and plugs to establish more intimate links between the two Transformers, or the merging or bonding of their sparks which is even more intimate than hardlining. A new spark is created from these methods, and because these are asexual methods of reproduction, gender doesn't matter once again. It is up to whoever goes with these headcanons whether there is or isn't a "gestation chamber" involved.

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So all in all, there are plenty of choices you can go with; it simply depends on what you would like to consider, or what best suits the series you want to delve into.

Hope that answered your question!