Industrial Automation Solutions

Use Cases

Industrial automation is accelerating through the convergence of robotics, AI, IoT, and edge computing. This transformation, spanning industries from manufacturing and logistics to energy and healthcare, is increasingly enabled by low‑power, compact, and cost‑optimized hardware platforms. By leveraging industrial‑temperature‑rated processors and sensors, organizations can deploy AI inference, adaptive robotics, and smart controllers directly within harsh or remote environments. These ruggedized, energy‑efficient technologies make “intelligence at the edge” a practical reality, empowering factories, infrastructure, and field installations to achieve new levels of operational efficiency, scalability, and resilience.

By providing advanced embedded edge computers building blocks SolidRun is enabling OEM’s and application developers to develop and deploy rapidly intelligence at edge. In this section, we showcase real-world use cases of products and services provided for a diversified Industrial Automation customer base.

For confidentiality reasons, customer names are not disclosed.

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Integrated 3D Sensor with ML
Industry 4.0 and other machine automation initiatives require the use of advanced vision systems for guided robotics and other autonomous machines. The integration of 3D vision and depth sensing of objects at a superior accuracy such as Time of Flight (ToF) currently demands small unique modules integrating CMOS image sensors with processing power. ML/AI capabilities at the edge, can shorten response time and communication burden.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: i.MX8M Plus System on Module
Services: Joint development with the customer to design and produce a customized carrier board module integrating storage, power management and dual camera support for machine vision processing. The small module can be integrated to compact products and devices.

Next Generation Harvesting
During the last decade, drones have been used by farmers across the globe to determine soil and crop conditions and also spray crops in an effective way. The next disruptive innovation is autonomous harvesting of crops by an airborne robotics platform overcoming the complex tasks of picking, thinning, and pruning orchards based on AI algorithms.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: i.MX8M Mini System on Module
Based on provided schematics and support, the customer designed his own carrier board that serves as both, management and controller unit.

The Intelligence of Precision: How AI is Revolutionizing Food Dispensing
AI technology is revolutionizing food-industry dispensing by transforming static hardware into intelligent, adaptive systems using computer vision and real-time sensor analytics. These machines utilize on-device inference to verify portion accuracy, monitor product quality, and automatically adjust to environmental variables, ensuring consistent hygiene and safety standards. Beyond the point of sale, predictive algorithms optimize supply chains by forecasting refill cycles and identifying maintenance needs before failures occur, significantly curbing food waste and operational downtime. Furthermore, by integrating compact, low-power System on A module, modern dispensers can offer hyper-personalized servings tailored to individual dietary needs, enabling a new generation of smart vending and automated kiosks that operate reliably across diverse retail and manufacturing environments.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: RZ/V2L System on Module
The Renesas RZ/V2L meets low‑power, low‑cost industrial AI needs by pairing its efficient DRP‑AI accelerator with a compact design that avoids the need for fans or heat sinks, reducing both system size and cost. Its integrated image‑processing capabilities eliminate external ISP components, enabling cheaper camera setups. With small package options and sub‑5W operation in module implementations, it fits space‑constrained industrial environments, while industrial‑temperature variants ensure reliable performance in harsh conditions.

Next Generation Industrial Gateways
Modern industrial wireless systems are shifting toward high‑speed connectivity with localized intelligence, where gateways process data at the edge to enable real‑time responses under 10 ms. At the same time, emerging standards like 5G SA and Wi‑Fi 7 are becoming essential for bandwidth‑heavy tasks such as 4K vision inspection and autonomous robotics. Networks are also moving from simple, static deployments to self‑healing mesh architectures supported by Zero Trust security, ensuring large sensor networks in sectors like water, energy, and infrastructure remain both resilient and protected against evolving threats.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: i.MX8M Plus System on Module
The i.MX 8M Plus SoM is well‑suited for industrial gateways because it integrates a quad‑core Cortex‑A53 processor, a 2.3 TOPS NPU for on‑device AI inference, and an 800 MHz Cortex‑M7 real‑time core, enabling fast local processing and deterministic control. With dual Gigabit Ethernet including TSN, plus CAN‑FD and HDR camera inputs, it supports low‑latency communication and advanced sensing in industrial networks. Features like hardware security engines and ECC‑protected memory further ensure reliability and protection in harsh, long‑life industrial environments.

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Monitoring Machine Wear
Reducing operational risk, highly relies on monitoring critical machinery components and performance by sensors that measure different parameters (e.g. lubricating oils, temperature, flow) wear behavior of the machines and the degradation can be monitored.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: i.MX6 System on Module
To simplify development and reduce TTM the customer decided to base his solution on SolidRun’s i.MX6 SOM, enjoying the variety of rich technical documentation in the developer section and complimentary carrier board design review by SolidRun’s engineers.

Pipeline inspection
Manufacturing facilities (e.g. petrochemical) and municipalities sewers infrastructure require advanced automated centered pipeline inspection solutions. Robots can enter pipelines with different liquid levels and collect valuable information while streaming back the video for the technician to examine.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: i.MX6 System on Module
Off-the-shelf i.MX6 SOM with industrial temperature grade support.

Integrated 3D Sensor with ML
Industry 4.0 and other machine automation initiatives require the use of advanced vision systems for guided robotics and other autonomous machines. The integration of 3D vision and depth sensing of objects at a superior accuracy such as Time of Flight (ToF) currently demands small unique modules integrating CMOS image sensors with processing power. ML/AI capabilities at the edge, can shorten response time and communication burden.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: i.MX8M Plus System on Module
Services: Joint development with the customer to design and produce a customized carrier board module integrating storage, power management and dual camera support for machine vision processing. The small module can be integrated to compact products and devices.

Next Generation Harvesting
During the last decade, drones have been used by farmers across the globe to determine soil and crop conditions and also spray crops in an effective way. The next disruptive innovation is autonomous harvesting of crops by an airborne robotics platform overcoming the complex tasks of picking, thinning, and pruning orchards based on AI algorithms.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: i.MX8M Mini System on Module
Based on provided schematics and support, the customer designed his own carrier board that serves as both, management and controller unit.

The Intelligence of Precision: How AI is Revolutionizing Food Dispensing
AI technology is revolutionizing food-industry dispensing by transforming static hardware into intelligent, adaptive systems using computer vision and real-time sensor analytics. These machines utilize on-device inference to verify portion accuracy, monitor product quality, and automatically adjust to environmental variables, ensuring consistent hygiene and safety standards. Beyond the point of sale, predictive algorithms optimize supply chains by forecasting refill cycles and identifying maintenance needs before failures occur, significantly curbing food waste and operational downtime. Furthermore, by integrating compact, low-power System on A module, modern dispensers can offer hyper-personalized servings tailored to individual dietary needs, enabling a new generation of smart vending and automated kiosks that operate reliably across diverse retail and manufacturing environments.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: RZ/V2L System on Module
The Renesas RZ/V2L meets low‑power, low‑cost industrial AI needs by pairing its efficient DRP‑AI accelerator with a compact design that avoids the need for fans or heat sinks, reducing both system size and cost. Its integrated image‑processing capabilities eliminate external ISP components, enabling cheaper camera setups. With small package options and sub‑5W operation in module implementations, it fits space‑constrained industrial environments, while industrial‑temperature variants ensure reliable performance in harsh conditions.

Next Generation Industrial Gateways
Modern industrial wireless systems are shifting toward high‑speed connectivity with localized intelligence, where gateways process data at the edge to enable real‑time responses under 10 ms. At the same time, emerging standards like 5G SA and Wi‑Fi 7 are becoming essential for bandwidth‑heavy tasks such as 4K vision inspection and autonomous robotics. Networks are also moving from simple, static deployments to self‑healing mesh architectures supported by Zero Trust security, ensuring large sensor networks in sectors like water, energy, and infrastructure remain both resilient and protected against evolving threats.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: i.MX8M Plus System on Module
The i.MX 8M Plus SoM is well‑suited for industrial gateways because it integrates a quad‑core Cortex‑A53 processor, a 2.3 TOPS NPU for on‑device AI inference, and an 800 MHz Cortex‑M7 real‑time core, enabling fast local processing and deterministic control. With dual Gigabit Ethernet including TSN, plus CAN‑FD and HDR camera inputs, it supports low‑latency communication and advanced sensing in industrial networks. Features like hardware security engines and ECC‑protected memory further ensure reliability and protection in harsh, long‑life industrial environments.

Monitoring Machine Wear
Reducing operational risk, highly relies on monitoring critical machinery components and performance by sensors that measure different parameters (e.g. lubricating oils, temperature, flow) wear behavior of the machines and the degradation can be monitored.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: i.MX6 System on Module
To simplify development and reduce TTM the customer decided to base his solution on SolidRun’s i.MX6 SOM, enjoying the variety of rich technical documentation in the developer section and complimentary carrier board design review by SolidRun’s engineers.

Pipeline inspection
Manufacturing facilities (e.g. petrochemical) and municipalities sewers infrastructure require advanced automated centered pipeline inspection solutions. Robots can enter pipelines with different liquid levels and collect valuable information while streaming back the video for the technician to examine.
OUR ADVANTAGE
Product: i.MX6 System on Module
Off-the-shelf i.MX6 SOM with industrial temperature grade support.