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Siemens Industrial
Copilot: Huge benefits for engineering
From theory to scale: The
first generative AI-powered product for industrial engineering
At Hannover Messe 2023, Siemens
and Microsoft jointly unveiled their vision for a generative AI-powered
assistant: The Siemens Industrial Copilot includes automation and process
simulation information from Siemens’ digital business platform Siemens
Xcelerator. It has been enriched with the large language models in Microsoft
Azure OpenAI Service, for example to augment the creation and optimization of
code in software for factory automation. At the Smart Production Solutions (SPS)
trade show in the fall of 2023 and in collaboration with Schaeffler AG, Siemens
presented a generative AI-enhanced production machine for the first time. Siemens
is now moving from theory to scale with its first generative AI-powered product
for engineering at Hannover Messe 2024.
The Siemens Industrial Copilot
will enable industrial customers of all sizes to harness the power of
industrial-grade generative AI to transform their operations. Industrial
automation solution provider Grenzebach Group, a family-owned business and an
early adopter of the Siemens Industrial Copilot, is testing how generative AI
can augment industrial automation engineering and support engineers to reduce
time, effort and probability of errors.
Dr. Steven Althaus, CEO Grenzebach
Group, says: “Generative AI is a must have. At Grenzebach, we’re committed to
harnessing its power to stay ahead of the game. The Siemens Industrial Copilot will
allow us to make the most of the rapidly increasing amount of data available in
a factory. And it will take human-machine collaboration to the next level. With
Siemens, we can address the skilled labor shortages, boost innovation, and significantly
increase the productivity of our workforce.”
Huge benefits for
engineering: Introducing new features for the Siemens Industrial Copilot
Features of the new Siemens
Industrial Copilot for TIA Portal Engineering include automated code generation
in structured control language (SCL): The TIA Portal can take the code suggestion
directly from the AI, eliminating the need to copy and paste. It’s also
possible for the Siemens Industrial Copilot to explain SCL code blocks or to guide
and easily create an initial machine or plant visualization in WinCC Unified. In
addition, engineering teams can search Siemens manuals in natural language.
Customers will have the option to access their private instance of Azure OpenAI
Service which doesn’t use customer data to retrain models.
“Siemens makes automation
easy. The Siemens Industrial Copilot is bringing industrial generative AI to
the shopfloor and will be an indispensable part of the engineering process in
the future. With the easy and seamless connection to our TIA Portal, we’re the
first to offer a generative AI product for engineering to industrial companies
worldwide,” says Rainer Brehm, CEO Factory Automation at Siemens Digital
Industries. “Industrial AI is an important lever for combining the real and the
digital worlds – with the ultimate goal of addressing major challenges, such as
the shortage of skilled workers or making industrial production more efficient
and sustainable.”
Siemens envisions a suite
of generative AI-powered industrial copilots across the entire value chain
that will transform the way
companies design, plan, develop, engineer, and work. Together with early pilot
customers and partners, Siemens is advancing generative AI-powered copilot
solutions across multiple industries, from automotive, infrastructure,
transportation, and healthcare to manufacturing and mechanical engineering. Siemens
Industrial Copilot for Design, Planning, Engineering, Operations and for
Services – supporting engineers, factory workers, everyone – will make
human-machine interaction easy, fast and efficient.
information on Siemens Industrial Copilot at
information on Siemens at Hannover Messe 2024 at
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Siemens Digital Industries (DI) is an innovation leader in automation and digitalization. Closely collaborating with partners and customers, DI drives the digital transformation in the process and discrete industries. With its Digital Enterprise portfolio, DI provides companies of all sizes with an end-to-end set of products, solutions and services to integrate and digitalize the entire value chain. Optimized for the specific needs of each industry, DI’s unique portfolio supports customers to achieve greater productivity and flexibility. DI is constantly adding innovations to its portfolio to integrate cutting-edge future technologies. Siemens Digital Industries has its global headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, and has around 72,000 employees internationally.
In fiscal 2023, which ended on September 30, 2023, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €77.8 billion and net income of €8.5 billion. As of September 30, 2023, the company employed around 320,000 people worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
