Rockwell Automation recently announced its investment in The Hive, a Silicon Valley innovation fund and co-creation studio, to gain access to an ecosystem of innovators and technology startups with a focus on applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to industrial automation.
“Smart manufacturing requires the use of new and disruptive technologies such as AI to create the future industrial plants and supply networks that are flexible, efficient, responsive and secure,” explains Christo Buys, business manager control systems, Rockwell Automation Sub-Saharan Africa. “We continue to create partnerships with leading innovators, such as this one with The Hive, to advance the ideas of Connected Enterprise, our vision for realising unprecedented industrial productivity from the integration of plant and enterprise operations.”
“Rockwell Automation’s investment in The Hive will provide it with earlier visibility to AI technology from companies fostered by The Hive’s technology team,” says T.M. Ravi, managing director and co-founder of The Hive. “These include AI-powered applications for the cognitive enterprise, edge intelligence, security, and smart machines.”
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