AI @ Rockwell Automation
Summary
- Rockwell Automation has progressively integrated AI technologies from 2019 through 2025, evolving from anomaly detection (FactoryTalk Analytics LogixAI) to expansive generative AI solutions and AI-enhanced robotics in partnership with Microsoft and Nvidia.
- The company emphasizes AI's role in digitalizing industrial processes, boosting productivity, quality control, and sustainability, as reflected in its Factory of the Future initiatives, strategic alliances, and solutions addressing skills gaps and labor shortages.
- AI adoption is mature and expanding, with advanced applications like AI-powered vision inspection, autonomous operations supported by digital twins (NVIDIA Omniverse), and AI-driven operational excellence reports showing high industry investment and broad customer impact, including in international markets like the UK and India.
VIBE METER
7 AI Use Cases at Rockwell Automation
Workforce Augmentation2025
Quality Inspection2025Customer Facing
Energy Optimization2025
Autonomous Operations2024
Code Generation2023Customer Facing
Predictive Maintenance2023
Anomaly Detection2019
Timeline
2025 Q4: no updates
2025 Q3
Showcased AI-driven water treatment solutions and machine learning for utilities on unified control platforms; sustained emphasis on AI powering sustainable manufacturing.
2025 Q2
Highlighted AI's role in high-quality product inspection with machine vision reducing waste; published 2025 Smart Manufacturing Report showing 95% of manufacturers investing in AI; AI addresses skills gaps and labor shortages; UK leads Europe in smart manufacturing adoption.
2025 Q1
Rockwell Automation leverages AI for energy consumption optimization and sustainability initiatives; highlights AI’s transformative impact on manufacturing in India.
2024 Q4
Introduced advanced AI-powered vision inspection systems for quality control; deepened AI collaboration with Microsoft; launched AI-powered factory digital twins with NVIDIA Omniverse enabling autonomous operations.
2024 Q3
Published initiatives on transforming data with AI-driven machine learning and predictive analytics to optimize production, quality, and maintenance.
2024 Q2
Integrated Nvidia AI software into autonomous mobile robots; AI spotlighted in annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report; generative AI recognized as top investment area.
2024 Q1
Announced AI scale-up with Nvidia to foster Factory of the Future; continued partnership with Microsoft to employ generative AI to augment automation across roles.
2023 Q4
Expanded generative AI integration with Microsoft partnership; introduced AI tools facilitating OT code generation, customization, and operational efficiency improvements.
- BankInfoSecurity: Rockwell Combines Generative AI and Industrial Automation
- Microsoft: Rockwell Automation and Microsoft Expand Partnership to Leverage Generative AI Capabilities for Enhanced Productivity and Faster Time to Market
- Control Engineering: Automation Fair 2023: What you need to know about AI, people, automation
- The Futurum Group: Rockwell Automation and Microsoft Bring AI to Industrial Automation
2023 Q3
Fiix, a Rockwell Automation company, launched its first AI predictive maintenance software, Asset Risk Predictor, to assess equipment risk.
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2019 Q3
Introduced FactoryTalk Analytics LogixAI (formerly Project Sherlock), an AI module to detect production anomalies and alert operators.