This week: AI Grand Prix, Fiber-Optic Cables, automation AI sensors, hidden air leaks, MCP for industrial AI agents, autonomous moldmaking, rare earths, physical AI funding, industrial process heat
Solid roundup, the N3uron MCP Server bit is huge but kinda underplayed. Connecting AI agents to actual plant data in realtime solves the biggest headeache in industrial automation, most AI tools can't access live SCADA or historian feeds without heavy middleware. We trialed similar integrations last year and the latency killed us. If MCP keeps this lean and gets traction, autonomous industrial ops become way more practical than the current batch of overpromised solutions.
Yes, being able to observe be alerted to something on the factory floor and quickly pull all relevant data and identify anomalies and eventually root cause will dramatically improve industrial productivity. MCP is the gateway to AI agents being able to react to production issues significantly faster than humans ever could.
Solid roundup, the N3uron MCP Server bit is huge but kinda underplayed. Connecting AI agents to actual plant data in realtime solves the biggest headeache in industrial automation, most AI tools can't access live SCADA or historian feeds without heavy middleware. We trialed similar integrations last year and the latency killed us. If MCP keeps this lean and gets traction, autonomous industrial ops become way more practical than the current batch of overpromised solutions.
Yes, being able to observe be alerted to something on the factory floor and quickly pull all relevant data and identify anomalies and eventually root cause will dramatically improve industrial productivity. MCP is the gateway to AI agents being able to react to production issues significantly faster than humans ever could.