As a pioneering technology leader committed to driving the future of industry, ABB hosted an Innovation Bootcamp, which brought together multidisciplinary experts and their technologies in the development of innovative solutions for Industry 4.0.
The approach was to co-design the next generation solutions for ABB Ability™ Electrical Distribution Control System (EDCS), the innovative cloud-based platform to monitor, optimize and manage electrical systems.
The project is part of a global initiative involving international startups. Thanks to the program, ABB Ability™ EDCS will become an open platform, meaning an environment where participants can work along with ABB to add new features, leveraging and selling them through ABB Ability Marketplace™.
In Italy the ABB Innovation bootcamp started at the end of 2018 and saw the active participation of startups, SMEs and teams from ABB. 160 companies joined the initiative and four were selected to develop proposals which were presented during the Innovation Bootcamp.
Alleantia, Arbitryum, Enerbrain and The Energy Audit were the innovative startups and SMEs that stood out for their business model and best proposals, and were therefore selected to work alongside company experts, professionals and managers on the ABB Ability™ EDCS.
"The Innovation Bootcamp was a pioneering co-design operation in the field of digital transformation, which is an area of interest for ABB. By bringing together parties of excellence in this multidisciplinary project, ABB has been able to nurture unique synergistic relationships that will bring more human-centered solutions to market," declared Gabriele Morosini, Lead Electrification business manager, ABB Italy.
ABB's Innovation Bootcamp was developed along with Twig (Project advisor), the strategic consultancy that supports the digital transformation of ABB Electrification business; Digital magics, the most important, "Made in Italy", digital startup incubator, Politecnico di Milano, with the “Scuola del Design”, which ranks first place in Italy and sixth place in the world according to the ‘QS World University Rankings by Subject’ and Master for Digital Strategy managed by POLI.design.
“We opened our doors to externals, leveraging the cooperation with ABB to develop new skills and features. After this exciting journey, we are ready to work with the chosen startups and to put into practice the proposals evaluated during the Innovation Bootcamp.” concluded Giampiero Frisio, head of ABB’s Smart Power business line.
