44 - From Mining PLCs to AI-Powered Automation: Building the Future SoftPLC with Alex Sharikov
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Alex Sharikov discusses building an AI-powered SoftPLC to help small manufacturers with control systems.
What happens when a controls engineer with 16 years of mining and manufacturing experience decides to build an AI-powered SoftPLC from scratch? In this episode, we find out. Alex Sharikov, Founder of JasperX and creator of JasperNode, joins Phil Seboa and Ed Fuentes to share how he's enabling small manufacturers to program and troubleshoot their control systems using plain English, no PLC software required. Key topics in this episode: Why 80% of Australian manufacturers struggle with automation support How JasperNode's "atomic and unambiguous logic" keeps AI reliable The shift from prompt engineering to context engineering in control systems Building a SoftPLC from scratch instead of patching AI onto existing platforms Why human-in-the-loop safety is non-negotiable for production environments This episode is proudly made possible by PLCnext Technology PLCnext Technology is the ecosystem for industrial automation consisting of open hardware, modular engineering software, a global community, and a digital software marketplace. Learn more at: https://www.plcnext-community.net/news/synergy-edge-cloud/ ----- Connect with Alex on LinkedIn…
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