SOS-COOKS
Electrolux Italia S.p.a.
The project aims to develop smart tools based on innovative sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms for integration into cutting-edge home ovens to improve the experience of increasingly tech-savvy consumers.
Company name
Electrolux Italia S.p.a.
Project title
SOS-COOKS - Smart Odour Sensors for monitoring COOking Systems
Size and location
Large enterprise headquartered in Porcia (PN) – Friuli Venezia Giulia
Operational project headquarter: Forlì (FC) Emilia Romagna
partners
Politecnico di Milano
Competencies used
IoT smart connected product
The problem
Introduction of new technologies, such as the electronic nose, into domestic ovens involves:
- Identification of an array of sensors suitable for monitoring cooking functions.
- Introduction of artificial intelligence-based algorithms for identifying cooking steps
- Implementation of signal correction and compensation algorithms
- Integration of new technologies on home appliance platforms in production
Benefits for the company proposing the project
- Digitization of performance and potential acquisition of feedback on the firing result of the machine compared to the user’s expected result with the aim of improving the product
- Improved communication of the benefits of the company’s products to users
Impacts
- Technological step: improvement of product performance with the implementation of sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms for cooking control;
- Assisted cooking: implementations of assisted functions with the aim of offering fully automatic cooking functions;
- Energy saving: optimization of cooking and consequent energy savings;
- Food waste reduction: reduction of potential food waste due to overly prolonged cooking
Technologies
- Artificial intelligence
- Smart monitoring and control of industrial processes
- Smart energy monitoring and control
