Apply HN: Undercontrol.io – IoT platform powered by affordable hardware and AI

[daraosn]

Undercontrol.io is an IoT platform that provides an open-source SDK and plug & play hardware to easily connect sensors and actuators for monitoring data, controlling processes and triggering actions. Our aim is to optimize processes by implementing machine learning with the data gathered from the devices connected to our platform. To achieve this we want to offer affordable hardware and turn it into a commodity to reduce the barriers to entry of implementing IoT solutions.

We're excited to announce that we JUST launched out of beta and are on production, we saw this opportunity as a way to get feedback from the community.

Feel free to ask us anything and if you are looking to make your new IoT project with us, we are very happy to help guiding you on how the platform works. We currently support MQTT, HTTP GET, POST requests and email alarms too.

Also, we have a bunch of sensors and actuators, if you have any interesting idea let us know and we can develop it now as we speak :-) (can provide a video).

Website: http://undercontrol.io Platform: http://platform.undercontrol.io

[buss]

> Our aim is to optimize processes by implementing machine learning with the data gathered from the devices connected to our platform.

What does this mean and why do I need it (assuming I'm an IoT manufacturer)?

[daraosn]

Two aspects are fundamental regarding this:

1. As a platform, we can take advantage of the network effect. The data we gather from all the users using it, plus the interaction they do when we classify certain patterns can be used to improve our machine learning algorithm. Thus, you as an IoT manufacturer can take advantage of a trained algorithm instead of you developing one from scratch.

2. This network effect brings in another discussion which is privacy and security, we are very aware about this. The data is never shared with third parties and it's only used for training/improving our algorithms, we protect user data, because we know this is a big concern that will surge with IoT in the future. We are planning to implement end-to-end encryption and open-source the core code at some point so you can deploy your own local applications.

[atroyn]

Could you give an example of a process you can optimize using the data you gather?

[daraosn]

Hey Anton, don't know if you remember me, we met in a hardware meetup in Berlin some time ago (Diego, drones). :-)

To your question, one example: - detecting anomalies in production lines of industries: we are talking with a potential client that needs to monitor the down-time in their plastic recycling machines. Using the input generated by different sensors, it's possible to detect failures and restart the machines if something fails in the process.

other applications: - monitoring store's product stock in real-time to optimize the restocking process. - energy saving in buildings, industries, homes. - security and health monitoring. - and of course, home automation by providing affordable hardware.