Honeywell and Qualcomm have expanded their collaboration to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the energy sector.

Through the collaboration, Honeywell intends to incorporate Qualcomm’s connectivity and AI capabilities into its existing AI-powered applications, such as the Field Process Knowledge System (PKS). By integrating these capabilities, Field PKS will better be able to help provide connectivity to remote corners of plant and manufacturing facilities and enable greater data capture and analytics at the edge.

Qualcomm’s low power AI-enabled processors with native wireless connectivity, software and computer vision combined with Honeywell’s portfolio of sensing technologies will enable the development of industrial sensors for monitoring process parameters, asset parameters or environmental conditions. These capabilities should help deliver more information to field and service technicians, enabling faster delivery of answers that can result in time savings, accuracy and interactive results.

“We are committed to developing on-device generative AI that will propel the expansion of the connected intelligent edge to help drive digital transformation,” said Nakul Duggal, group general manager at Qualcomm. “This collaboration with Honeywell enhances how industries and businesses interact with their environments through intelligent and responsive technology. Our recent acquisition of Sequans’ 4G IoT technology adds to Qualcomm’s broad portfolio, further strengthening our technology offerings for industrial IoT applications.”

Earlier this year, Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) and Qualcomm (www.qualcomm.com) began developing an AI-enabled multi-modal intelligent agent (www.iotm2mcouncil.org/iot-library/news/smart-retail-news/honeywell-ai-agent-boosts-retail-interactions) designed to allow workers in distribution centres and retail industries to interact naturally with handheld devices through voice, pictures and video. In 2025, Honeywell intends to add the computer vision capabilities in the multi-modal intelligent agent to Honeywell’s Field PKS.

“The combination of Qualcomm’s industry-leading on-device AI processors with Honeywell’s AI- enabled technology will enable field workers to work smarter, help make assets more efficient and improve the overall performance of the process industry,” said Pramesh Maheshwari, president of Honeywell’s process division. “With the introduction of AI-enabled options such as Honeywell’s Field PKS, multi-modal intelligent agent and sensor technologies, we are advancing what’s possible for the process industry with mobile field technicians and autonomous operations.”