Capabilities for Enhanced Productivity and Faster Time-to-Market and Industrial organizations will benefit from industry-first Generative AI for automation design
Further fostering collaboration, Rockwell Automation and Microsoft to accelerate industrial automation design and development through generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Helping customers to build industrial automation systems, the partnership will add Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service into FactoryTalk® Design Studio™ to deliver industry-first capabilities accelerating time-to-market for their customers building industrial automation systems.
“The skilled labor shortage and ensuing lost productivity is the biggest challenge facing industrial organizations and their service providers today. These shortages are increasing the need, value, and complexity of automation projects when the ecosystem of service providers is less equipped to deliver on time, quality, and budget,” said Matthew Littlefield, President LNS Research. “Generative AI has already proven its ability to capture the imagination and enhance the productivity of workers in a range of IT and business scenarios. Rockwell Automation and Microsoft’s strategic partnership is an exciting and high-potential step forward in addressing these long-term structural challenges.”
Rockwell and Microsoft stated that AI to enhance automation is a key area where they can come together to help customers streamline their processes and drive worker productivity.
“Rockwell’s decade-long relationship with Microsoft illustrates our ongoing commitment to providing best-of-breed solutions that empower customers and support our shared vision of driving industries forward through innovation and collaboration,” said Blake Moret, Chairman and CEO of Rockwell Automation. “Together, we’re not just addressing current market needs; we’re shaping the future of technology in industrial automation.”
Adding Azure OpenAI Service into FactoryTalk Design Studio helps engineers generate code using natural language prompts, automating routine tasks and improving design efficiency.
It will assist in finding relevant help from vast collections of information to further educate developers.?
Rockwell and Microsoft see a bright future in extending this integrated technology to solve other challenges, including?Quality Management and Improvement, Failure Mode Analysis,?and training frontline workers to execute manufacturing processes through chat-based collaboration with experienced human workers as well as Azure Open AI Service-based chatbots.
Additionally, Rockwell and Microsoft are continuing to explore ways to advance innovation in the industrial metaverse.
The work between Rockwell and Microsoft will be showcased during Rockwell’s 2023 Automation Fair on Nov. 6-9, 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts.
