Rockwell Automation to Increase Scale and Scope of AI in Manufacturing with NVIDIA
March 18 2024 - 6:00PM
Business Wire
Collaboration will help automation customers
create factories of the future
Rockwell Automation (NYSE:ROK), the world’s largest company
dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation,
today announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA to accelerate a
next-generation industrial architecture.
Manufacturing is a $15-trillion global industry that touches
everything humans need to survive and thrive—from clean water to
food, life-saving drugs and therapies, sustainable energy,
mobility, and more. Rockwell plans to evolve the industry by
creating the factory of the future, making it easier for automation
customers to digitalize industrial processes. Factories of the
future will be characterized by enhanced sensing capabilities with
machine vision, accelerated compute capability in control systems,
advanced simulations equipped with learning agents, widespread
adoption of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and generative AI
(GenAI) experiences to enhance information retrieval for frontline
operators.
“Our work with NVIDIA is poised to help accelerate the future of
industrial operations and create value across our portfolio of
software, hardware, and services—from the cloud to the factory
floor,” said Jordan Reynolds, vice president, Artificial
Intelligence and Autonomy, Rockwell Automation.
Rockwell will further integrate NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud
application programming interfaces (APIs) with Emulate3D by
Rockwell Automation, bringing users data interoperability, live
collaboration, and physically based visualization for designing,
building, and operating industrial-scale digital twins of
production systems.
“The demand for the accelerated computing needed to create,
simulate, and operate large-scale digital twins is rising,” said
Rev Lebaredian, vice president, Omniverse and Simulation
Technology, NVIDIA. “Rockwell will integrate NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud
APIs with its Emulate3D digital twin application to help make
factory analysis, including operations and simulation, easier and
more predictive than ever.”
The lack of labor force and a need for more efficiency are
driving huge demand for intelligent automation and robotics in
manufacturing and logistics. By developing on the NVIDIA robotics
platform for edge AI, Rockwell is helping to bring AMRs—through its
recent acquisition of OTTO Motors—and process automation
applications to industrial customers.
A recent survey from Rockwell Automation shows AI ranks as the
top feature that manufacturers believe will drive the biggest
business outcomes. In fact, 83 percent of manufacturers expect to
use GenAI in their operations in 2024. As part of this
collaboration, NVIDIA is now an official member of the Rockwell
Automation PartnerNetwork™, meaning Rockwell customers can use
NVIDIA applications to help make their operations more resilient,
agile, and sustainable.
Rockwell technology will be showcased in a collaboration with
NVIDIA and Microsoft at NVIDIA GTC, a global AI conference running
March 18-21, 2024, in San Jose, California.
About Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in
industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the
imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand
what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more
sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell
Automation employs approximately 29,000 problem solvers dedicated
to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about
how we are bringing the Connected Enterprise to life across
industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.
About the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork
Rockwell Automation believes we're better together—and we do our
part by delivering an expansive, global partner ecosystem of
market-leading technology, superior support and services, and an
integrated and streamlined approach to business. Succeed on an
international scale by utilizing our network's breadth of
innovative technologies and services that no single vendor can
provide alone. To learn more about how the PartnerNetwork is
helping to deliver the value of The Connected Enterprise, visit
PartnerNetwork Program.
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