2, software and hardware decoupling to form a consensus, strong momentum of development

A large number of well-known enterprises, including Siemens, Schneider Electric, Bosch Rexroth, Beckhoff and other companies, have believed that hardware and software decoupling is the trend of The Times, and launched soft PLC products that are completely decoupled from hardware. This will cause a drastic change in the industrial automation development paradigm, if Siemens control software can run on any third-party standard hardware, then it is conceivable that the company’s competitive advantage will change quickly.

3, the industrial metauniverse began to take shape

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As I mentioned in my article “Apple unveils Vision Pro, Siemens Bets Big, ‘Industrial metaverse’ continues to creep fast”, the industrial metaverse has never interrupted or slowed down the pace of progress. Instead of focusing on having to put technologies like augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) at the center, the industrial metauniverse is focusing on increasing the flexibility of the work experience and production.

For example, plant managers can use customized industry meta-universe applications to quickly assess plant performance and get an overview of the entire plant’s operations. Managers can convene meetings in the same manufacturing “cell” with colleagues within the application, quickly and efficiently. The team can then inspect the arm with cycle issues, access machine performance data, spot specific cycle issues, and view a live video stream with machine performance sensor data.

Although industrial automation has passed the stage of 0 to 1 and entered the stage of 1 to N, there are still many opportunities for innovation in this stage. The path of future industrial automation toward scenario 1 or scenario 2 is still difficult to determine, and each of us can act boldly while keeping our options open. We are likely to see new leaders in industrial automation in the coming years.