Siemens to roll out generative AI in Industrial Copilot
Siemens is to roll out of its first generative AI-powered product for engineering in an industrial environment.
Siemens Industrial Copilot uses generative AI developed with Microsoft to accelerate the generation of complex automation code, reduces development times, and increases productivity. A portal connection offers customers SCL code generation, customization of HMI visualization and document search in natural language.
The generative AI-powered assistant, is now seamlessly connected to the Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal. This will enable engineering teams to find the right help topic and to generate a basic visualization and code faster for programmable logic controllers (PLC).
As a result, they will be able to significantly reduce their workload and offload repetitive tasks to the Siemens Industrial Copilot. In addition, the engineering of complex tasks will become less susceptible to errors. This in turn reduces development times and boosts quality and productivity over the long term.
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The Siemens Industrial Copilot for TIA Portal Engineering will be available for download from the Siemens Xcelerator marketplace starting in summer 2024.
The Siemens Industrial Copilot includes automation and process simulation information from Siemens’ digital business platform Siemens Xcelerator added to the large language models in Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, for example to augment the creation and optimization of code in software for factory automation.
The 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.
“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 labour shortages, boost innovation, and significantly increase the productivity of our workforce,” said Dr. Steven Althaus, CEO Grenzebach Group.
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 the structured control language (SCL) code blocks or to guide and easily create an initial machine or plant visualization in WinCC Unified. Engineering teams can also 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.
“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. 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 plans to have a suite of generative AI-powered industrial copilots across the entire value chain for Design, Planning, Engineering, Operations and for Services.
www.siemens.com/industrial-copilot
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