United States military vehicles may soon be able to detect upcoming maintenance issues thanks to an artificial intelligence system being developed by a Starkville-based company.
Technology research and product development company, Camgian Microsystems, has partnered with Ohio-based manufacturer Parker-Hannifin to develop artificial intelligence and data collection software to improve the maintenance of U.S. Army vehicles.
Camgian founder and Chief Executive Officer Gary Butler told The Dispatch Parker-Hannifin contracted with the company to work on a U.S. Department of Defense contract to build an AI-based software program that will use sensor technology to monitor and diagnose the condition of military vehicles to predict when repairs and maintenance will be needed.
“(The military’s) systems are used in many high-end critical operations,” Butler said. “Last thing you want them to do during an operation is to go down, so if we can forecast a failure in advance, they can address it when the machines are in the normal downtime and improve the overall productivity of the operation.”
