Global tech, software and programming teams
create solutions for real-world business challenges
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) the world’s largest
company dedicated to industrial automation and digital
transformation, announced today the winners of its 24toCode
hackathon, the first virtual contest of its kind honoring tech
wizards for creative business solutions.
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Rockwell Automation's 24ToCode Hackathon
sponsored by Cisco. (Graphic: Business Wire)
The hackathon event, held from September 17-19, and in
partnership with Cisco, provided a virtual forum for technology,
software coding and programming teams globally to apply their
problem-solving skills to real-world challenges that affect the
industrial software and automation industry.
“At Rockwell Automation, we promote a learn-by-doing culture. We
know that innovation results from the collaboration of different
voices exchanging and cultivating new ideas,” said Chris
Nardecchia, senior vice president, Software & Control, and
chief information officer at Rockwell Automation. “It is wonderful
to see a group of people from diverse backgrounds and geographies
come together to solve real-world business problems, by combining
human ingenuity with machine and operations data.”
Teams developed solutions for one of four business challenges in
the categories of manufacturing optimization, sustainability,
visual system modernization and dynamic filtering.
“In this new working environment, it is all about disrupting. It
is no longer about thinking outside the box; there is no box. We
must throw out everything we know and get to work finding new ways
to fix things in our world,” said Ruba Borno, senior vice president
and general manager, Global CX Centers at Cisco. “The spirit of
innovation and intellectual curiosity is at the core of 24toCode,
and we are proud to be part of it.”
A total of $10,000 was awarded to winners with prize money split
equally among team members. The 24toCode winning teams and their
projects:
First place ($4,000 prize) Team: NoNameJustCode Team Members:
Thomas Keller (Germany), Christian Renner (Germany), Stefan Schotte
(France) and Sven Thiel (Germany) Solution for dynamic filtering:
The team developed code that collects data in real-time from all
points on a plant floor and transmits it into the cloud as fast as
possible. Plant engineers can then identify issues at all stages of
manufacturing and what devices caused them to mitigate further
disruption to operations.
Second place ($3,000 prize) Team: Death Star Contractors Team
Members: Shahid Anchummal, Eiven Wong and Manju Venugopal
(Singapore) Solution for visual system modernization: Members
created a visualization tool that helps customers understand the
compatibility of their current systems. The dashboard shows where a
customer’s equipment is in its lifecycle and produces
recommendations for new solutions and products.
Third place ($2,000 prize) Team: Rockwell Imachination Team
Members: Meiling He, Xiangyong Luo, Gino Maulini and Simon J.
Vancina (United States) Solution for manufacturing optimization:
The team designed an automated daily employee staffing assignment
schedule for manufacturing facilities. The innovative approach
automates the time-consuming manual planning process leading to
greater productivity and output.
Honorable mention ($1,000 prize) Team: CRON Team Members: Julian
Singkham, Aqeel Al Shafei, Noah Kennedy and Isaiah Rondeau (United
States) Solution for dynamic filtering: The team developed a way of
identifying anomalies in the manufacturing process. The team
demonstrated success in transmitting data into the cloud for
real-time use. The programming allowed the team to identify and
mitigate disruption to manufacturing operations.
Fifty-two teams participated in 24toCode, with more than 200
participants from every region of the world, including innovators
from Australia, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India,
Japan, Mexico, Poland and the United Kingdom.
This diverse set of participants ranged from high school and
college students to experienced professionals and from a variety of
backgrounds. Engineers, developers, software engineers and students
engaged with Rockwell Automation subject matter experts over the
two-day event to solve real-world problems relating to OT/IT
convergence, sustainability, manufacturing scheduling, system
compatibility and migration.
Rockwell Automation’s 24toCode first launched in 2019 in
Mayfield Heights, Ohio, with a subsequent event in Milwaukee. This
year’s virtual format allowed for a global participant base.
As the world of connected devices continues to boom, Rockwell
Automation remains committed to working with talented individuals
through innovative events like 24toCode to further expand what is
possible and to make the world more productive and more
sustainable.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in
industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the
imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand
what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more
sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell
Automation employs approximately 23,000 problem solvers dedicated
to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about
how we are bringing The Connected Enterprise to life across
industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.
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