Rockwell and DX-AI's Smart Factory Solutions
Rockwell provides proven solutions and domain knowledge in the field of OT data collection, analysis, and utilization, while the DX-AI platform has the capability to convert that data into meaningful insights and automated decision-making through the latest AI technologies (especially generative AI and intelligent agents). When the two platforms are combined, the following synergies can be expected:
🔍 Key Solution Overview of Rockwell Automation
🧩 FactoryTalk Hub: Cloud-based Automation Design and Operations Platform
Key Features
  • Integrated SaaS Portal: A cloud-based platform that covers design, operate, and maintain, supporting team collaboration and asset management.
  • Key Components:
  • Design Studio: A modern development environment that supports fast project creation and deployment.
  • Twin Studio: Provides simulation and testing capabilities using digital twins.
  • Vault: Responsible for version control and security of project files.
Benefits
  • Enhanced Collaboration: Cloud-based platform enables real-time collaboration among team members and maintains project currency.
  • Increased Productivity: Automated tools and AI features enhance design and operations efficiency.
  • Improved Security: Centralized security management facilitates data protection.
🧠 FactoryTalk DataMosaix: Industrial Data Operations (DataOps) Platform
Key Features
  • Data Integration: Integrates IT, OT, and ET data, enabling management within a single platform.
  • Data Contextualization: Provides meaning to data, enabling analysis and visualization.
  • App Builder: Allows easy development of dashboards and applications in a low-code/no-code environment.
Benefits
  • Improved Data Utilization: Enables easy access and analysis of complex industrial data.
  • Flexible Deployment: Can be deployed flexibly to match the client's IT infrastructure.
  • Collaborative Support: Facilitates collaboration between domain experts and data scientists.
🔍 Key Solutions from Rockwell Automation
Fiix CMMS and Asset Risk Predictor
Fiix is a cloud-based Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) that helps efficiently manage equipment maintenance tasks. Additionally, the Asset Risk Predictor uses AI to predict equipment failure and provide proactive response capabilities.
FactoryTalk InnovationSuite
FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, developed in collaboration with PTC, integrates IoT, AR, and AI technologies to provide real-time data analysis and improve operational efficiency on the production floor.
Cloud and AI Collaboration
Rockwell partners strategically with AWS and Microsoft to provide cloud-based data management and analytics solutions, supporting the digital transformation of global manufacturers.
Key Collaboration Themes
The following key collaboration areas have been defined between Rockwell Automation and DX-AI for the implementation of a smart factory. We present the synergy creation approaches and integrated solutions for each area.
Based on the above collaboration themes, Rockwell Automation and DX-AI will establish an integrated solution development roadmap and a step-by-step implementation strategy to accelerate the digital transformation of customer companies. The goal is to build an innovative smart factory ecosystem that surpasses the limitations of existing solutions by combining the expertise of each area.
Mapping DX-AI Platform Architecture and Rockwell Automation Solutions
1
DX-AI GenAI Intelligence Layer
(Natural Language Interface, Generative AI, etc.)
• FactoryTalk Design Studio Copilot – A GenAI tool based on Azure OpenAI LLM that converts natural language commands into control code. Integrated with DX-AI's natural language interface to support Q&A on industrial data (Rockwell has experience in adopting LLM technology)rockwellautomation.com
• Shelby Chatbot (Analytics for Devices) – A natural language interface agent that responds to voice/chat inquiries about equipment status. Integrated with DX-AI's conversational AI module to utilize for operational status Q&A, alarm explanation, etc.literature.rockwellautomation.com
• FactoryTalk TeamONE + Mobile – A collaboration platform where field workers can exchange chat notifications/responses on mobile. Sends DX-AI's GenAI engine output as TeamONE notifications to improve field response speed (disseminate natural language insights)
2
Domain-Specific Services/Engines Layer
(Context Awareness, Domain Optimization, AI Agents)
• FactoryTalk Pavilion8 MPC – A model predictive control engine for continuous process optimization. An intelligent agent that understands the context of the manufacturing process and automatically adjusts control parameters, integrating with the domain services layer of the DX-AI platform to automate quality/yield improvement actionsrockwellautomation.com

• FactoryTalk Analytics LogixAI – An OT auto-analytics solution that uses embedded ML in controllers to predict process anomalies. When integrated as a domain engine in DX-AI, the AI can continuously learn from process experts' know-how and provide operational guidance, which the DX-AI agent can then synthesizerockwellautomation.com

• FactoryTalk Analytics GuardianAI – A condition monitoring/predictive maintenance agent. Integrated with DX-AI's domain agents to implement autonomous maintenance schedule recommendations, failure root cause Q&A, etc. (explaining GuardianAI's predictive information in natural language)rockwellautomation.com

• FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI – An AI-based vision quality inspection engine. DX-AI platform can receive VisionAI results and generate natural language reports for quality issue root cause analysis and corrective action recommendations. Structuring unstructured data (images) to provide as domain servicesrockwellautomation.comrockwellautomation.com

• Industry-Specific Applications (e.g. Energy Manager) – KPI monitoring/analysis apps tailored for specific industries. When integrated with DX-AI, can implement AI advisory systems optimized for the domain context (e.g. recommending energy savings measures)rockwellautomation.com
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Core AI & ML Services Layer
(Data Ingestion, IoT Analytics, Modeling Infrastructure)
• FactoryTalk Edge Gateway – An edge software that collects OT data and adds contextual Smart Tags before transmitting. Utilized as a reliable and context-rich data source connected to the DX-AI data lakemedium.com

• FactoryTalk DataMosaix (Industrial DataOps) – A multi-source data integration and context management platform. Serves as the core data infrastructure for DX-AI, providing integrated factory/enterprise data along with common information model (ontology) to convey data relationships for use in RAG, etc.rockwellautomation.com
• FactoryTalk Analytics DataView – A self-service BI tool where users can create analysis charts and dashboards without coding. Visualizes DX-AI's analysis results or AI insights on DataView dashboards to share with the field, fostering human-AI collaborationrockwellautomation.com

• Machine Learning Integration – FactoryTalk Analytics is designed as an open platform to plug in Python, SparkML, etc., enabling easy deployment of DX-AI's custom ML models. For example, users can apply predictive models developed in DX-AI to FactoryTalk data streams in real-time. Rockwell's Kalypso/Knowledge Lens team also has AI/big data expertise to accelerate DX-AI's model development and field deployment.rockwellautomation.com
Opportunities for Collaboration with DX-AI
🤝 Collaboration Scenarios and Expected Benefits
Predictive Maintenance + Anomaly Detection Integration
Collect real-time vibration and temperature data from Rockwell PLC to Historian, then send to DX-AI Anomaly Detection Engine. Upon detecting anomalies, immediately notify on-site managers via SMS/Push alerts from FactoryTalk® Alarm.
Quality Optimization Simulation
Load MES quality criteria (QCP) into DX-AI Quality Engine, then simulate various process parameters. Derive optimal recipes and have FactoryTalk® ProductionCentre automatically deploy and execute them.
Domain Chatbot-based Operational Support
When a field worker asks "Tell me the SOP 4.2 procedure", the DX-AI Conversational Agent retrieves the PDF SOP and RAG from the FactoryTalk document library, and provides an integrated response displayed on a FactoryTalk View SE popup interface.
Integrated Dashboard & Automated Reporting
Embed DX-AI-generated EDS/SEM analysis reports into the FactoryTalk™ Analytics™ Dashboard. Integrate KPI reports are automatically distributed to enterprise systems via ERP/MES API integration.
📌 Collaboration Scenarios:
Equipment Failure Prediction and Response: Analyze equipment data collected by Rockwell's Asset Risk Predictor using DX-AI's AI models to provide failure prediction and recommended response actions.
Automated Work Order Generation: Based on predicted failure information, DX-AI automatically generates work orders and integrates them into Rockwell's Fiix CMMS to improve work efficiency.
Field Knowledge Preservation and Sharing: DX-AI transcribes field workers' voice recordings into text, vectorizes them, and preserves them as knowledge assets that can be searched and utilized as needed.
In conclusion, the combination of the Rockwell FactoryTalk platform and the DX-AI platform architecture will enable the virtuous cycle of Digital Transformation from data → information → knowledge → action.
The synergy of the two platforms is expected to fill the gap where the limits of human expertise in understanding and utilizing the vast data in manufacturing have been a challenge, with AI-based automated intelligence.
Productivity Improvement
Quality Innovation
Flexible Manufacturing
Empowerment of Frontline Workers
This can establish these platforms as best practices not only in the steel and cathode material fields, but across all manufacturing domains.