2025 Automation Fair and Software Market Thoughts
From Gary On Manufacturing - Gary Mintchell by Gary Mintchell
December 18, 2025 · 21 min
About this episode
The episode discusses Rockwell's organizational strategies, software market evolution, and the integration of AI and robotics in manufacturing.
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.
Topics covered
- organization structures
- Rockwell CEO Blake Moret
- industrial software market
- MES
- cybersecurity offerings
- software defined automation
- IEC 61131
- AI in automation
- robotics in manufacturing
Keywords
- automation
- Rockwell
- cybersecurity
- AI
- robotics
Sponsors
Inductive Automation
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Rockwell products, Inductive Automation
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