设备级智能

Intelligence at the device

当今时代，智能似乎无所不在：智能汽车、智能用具、智能玩具。如此，工业自动化和工业控制领域智能的飞速发展，也并不令人惊讶了。智能电机、智能传感器、智能流量计只可谓沧海一粟，大量的器件植入了微处理器，将工业推进至一个时代，一个拥有前所未有的产品和系统性能的时代。

As components get smarter and more powerful,manufacturers are finding themselves managing high-performance automation and control systems whose parts are capable of monitoring themselves,diagnosing thire own problems,and maybe even making a decision or two,economically and easily.