Schneider Electric's latest innovation in industrial automation: The Industrial Copilot, explained by Aurelien LeSant.
Schneider Electric's Industrial Copilot, unveiled at Hannover Messe in 2025, is making waves in the industrial automation sector with its innovative approach and unique features. This AI-powered tool, co-developed with Microsoft, is built on Schneider Electric’s deep industrial expertise and proprietary data, setting it apart from other industrial copilots in the market.
The Industrial Copilot is not just a productivity enhancer; it's a domain-trained, context-aware assistant, specifically engineered for industrial automation engineering. It focuses on code generation, automated testing, and analysis tailored to manufacturing lifecycle needs. Unlike generic AI copilots, it leverages Schneider’s four-year commitment to open automation, offering a vendor-agnostic, software-defined automation ecosystem.
One of the key differentiators of the Industrial Copilot is its integration with Schneider’s EcoStruxure Automation Expert (EAE) platform. This means that the copilot provides contextual engineering augmentation and smooth interoperability with Schneider’s full suite of automation software, enhancing user experience and potential for evolution across software tools.
Another unique feature is its ability to generate automation code based on process documentation, recognising assets and their sequences. This acts as a trusted digital engineering partner, accelerating development, reducing errors, and optimising complex processes.
The Industrial Copilot also uses Microsoft's Azure AI infrastructure, further enhancing its capabilities. With the proliferation of AI-powered copilots for industrial automation predicted in 2024, Schneider Electric's Industrial Copilot is poised to revolutionise the industry.
Moreover, the Industrial Copilot enables manufacturers to reconfigure production lines in hours or days instead of weeks or months, demonstrating its potential to significantly improve efficiency and productivity. It's an AI-powered tool for reducing automation engineering development time, offering a strategic evolution of Schneider Electric's open software-defined automation (SDA) approach.
Trained on data from Schneider's World Economic Forum-recognized Lighthouse factories, the Industrial Copilot is a testament to Schneider Electric's commitment to innovation and excellence in the industrial automation sector. As the industry continues to evolve, it's clear that Schneider Electric's Industrial Copilot is leading the way.
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- Schneider Electric's Industrial Copilot, a domain-trained assistant powered by artificial-intelligence, is revolutionizing the industrial automation sector by offering vendor-agnostic, software-defined automation ecosystem, enabling automated code generation, testing, and analysis for manufacturing lifecycle needs.
- By integrating with Schneider’s EcoStruxure Automation Expert (EAE) platform, the Industrial Copilot provides contextual engineering augmentation and smooth interoperability with Schneider’s full suite of automation software, demonstrating its efficiency in optimizing complex processes and reducing errors.
- Leveraging Microsoft's Azure AI infrastructure and Schneider's four-year commitment to open automation, the Industrial Copilot is able to generate automation code based on process documentation, offering manufacturers a strategic evolution of open software-defined automation (SDA) approach to significantly improve industrial productivity, particularly in manufacturing environment.
