2025 Automation Fair and Software Market Thoughts

About this episode

Gary Mintchell discusses the evolution of Rockwell and the industrial software market, including insights on automation and AI.

Thoughts on organization structures and Rockwell CEO Blake Moret's experiments with bringing in outsiders and setting his own directions. Thoughts on the industrial software market in general and Rockwell's evolution. What's happening with MES in particular. Rockwell upgrading and building new factories using its own products and services. Rok on Rok Repackaged cybersecurity offerings. Software defined automation--software distinct from the target controller--can target any Rockwell control. Question about IEC 61131 and targeting anyone's control fell on deaf ears. Thoughts on that market. Rockwell's use of AI, fitting trend of AI as automation tool, trained on the company's data. Rockwell's use of robotics to expand horizontally throughout manufacturing. Sponsored by Inductive Automation.

People in this episode

Host: Gary Mintchell

Topics covered

• automation
• industrial software market
• manufacturing
• cybersecurity
• AI in automation
• robotics

Keywords

• automation
• Rockwell
• industrial software
• AI
• robotics
• cybersecurity
• MES

Sponsors

Inductive Automation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rockwell, IEC 61131

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