Device and system including multiple devices for supervision and control of machines in industrial installation

A device for supervising and controlling one or more industrial application machines having sensors, the device comprising:

• one ore more input/output ports for connection to one or more other like devices in a computing cluster network;
• a data acquisition block with a sensor interface connectable to the one or more machines for receiving multi-sensor data thereof;
• at least one memory;
• a first processor comprising one of:
• a central processing unit or at least one core thereof, a graphics processing unit, a field-programmable gate array, a hardware accelerator, an embedded circuit comprising a system-on-chip or multiprocessor system-on-chip, and a combination thereof, the first processor receiving the multi-sensor data and using the multi-sensor data to compute in real-time a first processing task for solving a first query, the first query being related to operation of at least one of the one or more machines;
• and
• a second processor comprising one of:
• a central processing unit or at least one core thereof, a graphics processing unit, a field-programmable gate array, an embedded circuit comprising a system-on-chip or multiprocessor system-on-chip, and a combination thereof, the second processor sharing its processing power with the computing cluster network, the second processor computing one or more threads of a second processing task for solving a second query upon assignment by a server of the computing cluster network, the second processor sending a solution for the assigned one or more threads of the second processing task to the server of the computing cluster network, the second query being related to operation of one of:
• at least one of the one or more machines;
• and
• an industrial application system comprising a plurality of industrial application machines, the plurality of industrial application machines comprising the one or more machines;
• wherein the first processor carries out at least one of:
• sending a solution for the first query to the second processor;
• and
• both deriving a first instruction from a solution for the first query and providing the first instruction to at least one of:
• the second processor, and at least one of the one or more machines;
• wherein the second processor carries out at least one of:
• sending the solution for the first query received from the first processor to the server of the computing cluster network;
• and
• sending the first instruction from the first processor to at least one of:
• the server of the computing cluster network, and at least one of the one or more machines.