The Future of SCADA: Integrating IIoT and AI

Standard Ethernet is not deterministic. TSN changes that...

OPC UA has conquered the vertical/SCADA layer. Now, it aims to replace fieldbuses...

OPA seeks to create a standards-based, open, secure interoperable architecture...

Testing PLC code in a simulated environment drastically reduces on-site risk...

Platforms like Ignition enable SCADA to live in the cloud for global visibility...

URLLC in 5G allows for wireless control of AGVs where Wi-Fi would be unstable...

Air-gapping is dead. IEC 62443 provides a framework for securing ICS...

Vibration analysis powered by cheap sensors allows prediction of bearing failure...

A Digital Twin allows for real-time monitoring and what-if simulations...

Running PLC logic on Linux containers is challenging proprietary hardware...

IO-Link transforms simple devices into smart assets that report diagnostics...

Integrating shop floor data with enterprise systems creates a unified view...

Industrial robots have traditionally relied on rigid programming. In this post, I discuss my recent experiments using Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) to allow 6-axis arms to adapt to variable environments in real-time...

Deep Learning provides perception; Symbolic AI provides reasoning. Combining them creates "Reliable AI" that can optimize processes while strictly adhering to safety constraints...

Traditional Machine Vision relies on rigid rule-based algorithms. MLLMs like GPT-4V are changing the game by allowing zero-shot defect detection with simple natural language prompts...

Privacy and latency are barriers to cloud AI. With new accelerators like Jetson Orin and quantized "TinyLLMs", we can now run powerful inference completely offline...

AI-driven Generative Design explores thousands of permutations to create complex, organic structures optimized for Additive Manufacturing, shifting engineers to "Constraint Architects"...

Robots are leaving the cage. Driven by Embodied AI foundation models, general-purpose humanoid robots are beginning to learn physics and tasks end-to-end...

While C++ remains the king of embedded performance, Python is rapidly gaining ground in the OT layer. I compare latency, libraries, and development speed for SCADA backends...

Transitioning from pure hardware control to software-heavy data science wasn't easy. Here are the courses, projects, and mindset shifts that helped me bridge the gap...