Remote Monitoring via Olis App for Mid Atlantic Fab-Cell Deployments

Mid Atlantic Machinery, an integration company primarily focused on press brake applications and custom integrations, announced at FABTECH 2025 that it has strategically committed to incorporating a remote-monitoring app from Olis Robotics with all of its new robot deployments. The Olis app turns Android smartphones and tablets into gateways for any automation cell without requiring additional hardware, enabling remote monitoring, diagnostics and error recovery for industrial robots and collaborative robots (cobots). Users simply download the app for a fee, connect an Ethernet cable to the controller, configure IP addresses and begin collecting diagnostic data, with full setup typically taking less than 5 min. The app also synchronizes real-time video with system logs for a complete picture of issues, allows setting alerts for irregular activity and supports screen-sharing for collaboration.

"Deploying the Olis app on an inexpensive Android tablet is the easiest way to add diagnostics capabilities to our machines," says Josh Mayse, VP and co-founder of Mid Atlantic Machinery. "Any new order moving forward will include Olis. We no longer need to invest in industrial PCs or any additional edge computing to realize all the benefits of real-time diagnostics and error recovery.”

Specifically for press brake applications, Mid Atlantic now provides the first year's license for the Olis app, along with the tripod, camera and all necessary equipment, at no additional upfront cost to the customer.

Olis provides Mid Atlantic's service team with immediate access to robot outputs, inputs, live video and telemetry data, allowing the team to rapidly diagnose issues remotely, according to Mid Atlantic officials. This capability proves vital for problems that often are difficult to articulate and explain over the phone—such as when users attempt to introduce new complex parts. 

“A scenario perhaps above their skill level,” says Mayse. “Before, we would go out in the field to help them program. Using the Olis app, we now get a comprehensive understanding of what is going on—we can see all the outputs and inputs of the robot synchronized with real-time video and system logs. This enables us to troubleshoot everything remotely, optimize programs and basically see what our customers are seeing in real time. It really helps our service team manage our rapidly growing install base, while delivering a superior customer-service experience.” 

And, “the Olis solution has been tremendously helpful in training new users with many questions,” says Mayse. “We simply jump right into customers’ robot cells virtually and remotely show them on the robot’s teach pendant what they need to be doing and fix it very quickly. By involving customers in the troubleshooting process, they gain the knowledge necessary to resolve future issues independently.” 

See also: Mid Atlantic Machinery Inc., Olis Robotics

Technologies: Pressroom Automation

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