Hotlog: An IoT-based embedded system for intelligent tracking in shipyards

The need for convergence between technology and shipbuilding processes is identified in the Brazilian shipbuilding industry so that it has a greater competitiveness against the shipyards belonging to the Tiger Cub Economies. In this perspective, wireless sensor networks and identification technologies have gained space regarding industrial solutions. This paper proposes an Internet of Things (IoT) based architecture using RFID and GPS for identification and tracking of blocks in shipyards. A hardware architecture is presented with the objective of identifying, mapping and tracking blocks and consequently the vehicles used in their transport, in a shipyard and offshore.