Dr. Rory Smith

Dr. Rory Smith is visiting professor in Lift Technology at the University of Northampton and a consultant at Peters Research Ltd. He has more than 52 years of lift industry experience during which he held positions in R&D, manufacturing, installation, service, modernization and sales. His areas of special interest are robotics, ML, traffic analysis, dispatching algorithms and ride quality. Numerous patents have been awarded for his work.

Future Modernizations

This paper was first presented virtually at the 12th Lift & Escalator Technologies Symposium in September 2021 and printed at the symposium website at liftsymposium.org. Keywords: modernization, post-pandemic workplace, societal...

IoT: Magic or Myth?

A review of available Internet of Things products and their solutions for lift companies. This article was first presented by the Online Symposium on Lift and Escalator Technologies, September 23-25,...

Data-Driven Maintenance

Making use of the Internet of Things, big data and machine learning This article was first presented at  the Fifth Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies, www.liftsymposium.org. New technologies such...

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