Wipro Debuts a New Bangalore Centre of Excellence, With a Focus on Seamless Operational Intelligence at the Edge 

At the heart of Wipro’s soon-to-open Kodathi, Bangalore Centre of Excellence (COE), lies an interactive demonstration of the future of operational intelligence at the edge.

Built in collaboration with Intel, the area showcases how the latest advances in agentic AI, IoT, and AI-enabled edge computing are driving the autonomous and seamless operation of complex, integrated edge systems, and brings the future of smart factories, retail, and parking to life.

A Smart Factory Powered by Wipro OTNxT™ and Intel Technologies

Upon arrival, visitors to the CoE will be greeted by an autonomous, AI-assisted humanoid robot directing them to begin with a Smart Factory demonstration. Smart factories are expected to revolutionize manufacturing by integrating advanced technologies that enable the continuous monitoring of machine health, equipment performance, and production processes to deliver real-time operational insights and ensure seamless and efficient operations. With features like predictive maintenance, automated alerts, and data-driven decision-making, these systems minimize downtime and enhance productivity. By connecting machines, edge sensors, and analytics tools, a smart factory empowers manufacturers to streamline workflows, reduce costs, and adapt swiftly to market demands, setting a new standard for operational excellence in what’s being dubbed the Industry 4.0 era. 

Wipro’s Smart Manufacturing solution is built on Wipro OTNxT™, an end-to-end service management platform that delivers a comprehensive view into asset and operational analytics. OTNxT™ enables real-time visibility and streamlined management of factory operations. Intel technologies, including Intel® Tiber™ Edge Platform and Intel Edge Insights, seamlessly integrate to complement OTNxT™, enhancing predictive maintenance, efficiency, and sustainability within the smart factory model. 

Our CoE Smart Manufacturing demo recreates the workflow of a smart factory in miniature. Visitors view a model production line in action with real-time manufacturing insights displayed on interactive screens for a clear view of key production metrics. A collaborative robot (cobot) then picks up a finished product and places it on a vision- intelligence based storage shelf, showcasing seamless automation between manufacturing and warehousing.

Transformative Smart Retail Experiences

Moving into the exhibit’s Smart Retail area, visitors can next explore how Wipro technology provides dynamic product insights while elevating customer engagement. Powered by Intel Geti and Intel OpenVINO, Wipro’s Smart Retail solution is designed to create a highly interactive and personalized retail experience powered by real-time analysis of customer behaviour and preference performed at the network edge.

A lift-and-learn product display, for example, dynamically generates product information such as features, comparisons, and promotions, whenever a visitor picks up a specific item, enhancing engagement and decision-making, using vision intelligence. Persona-based ads, meanwhile, tailor the advertising content shown to each guest based on anonymized analysis of demographic attributes such as age and style preferences.

Powered by Wipro and Intel's AI and edge computing expertise, these retail solutions collectively create immersive environments that drive customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.

Advanced Smart Parking with 3D Bounding Box Technology

The Kodathi CoE edge intelligence demonstration concludes with a smart parking solution that can be deployed in connection with a smart city/campus or in any other location-specific situation. The Wipro Smart Parking demo integrates with a physical parking lot adjacent to the CoE and showcases advanced computer vision analytics for parking space optimization, violation detection, and enhancing sustainability.

Featuring a unique 3D bounding box powered by Intel SceneScape, Intel edge hardware, and custom computer vision analytics, Wipro Smart Parking provides operators with dashboards for monitoring the utilization of parking bays, generating reports, monitoring KPIs, and optimizing the parking experience. The result is more accurate parking violation detection and more effective space management through real-time occupancy insights, license plate recognition, and automated ticketing systems.

All of the equipment running these demonstrations, including the humanoid guide and the various sensors that enable visitor interactions, is connected to and managed via a single private 5G wireless network, and nearly all of the intelligence powering the various solutions resides at the network edge.

The overall experience, meanwhile, highlights how Wipro, by aligning with Intel’s powerful new IoT/edge platforms and applications, is delivering multiple interconnected, fast, scalable, secure, and sustainable IoT/edge solutions that drive operational excellence, and how agentic and edge AI is poised to transform industries and enhance the customer experience.

Empowering the smarter enterprise

Our new Kodathi CoE begins hosting its first official visitors next month, with additional new exhibits and demonstration areas being added over the next year.

More than just a showcase, by fostering close and creative collaborations with key industry partners like Intel, the Wipro Kodathi CoE aims to be an innovation lab that accelerates digital transformation for our customers—empowering them to harness the potential of rapidly-advancing technologies like AI, IoT, and edge computing to drive growth and build ever-smarter enterprises.

Guests visiting the Kodathi CoE will also be able to explore areas showcasing the company’s latest FullStride Cloud-based solutions developed in partnership with global tech leaders including Microsoft, AWS, and Google and an entire floor of the building devoted to Wipro’s broader technology offerings. For more information, please visit www.wipro.com.