Chainable and nested edge for industrial automation device analytics

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry of a first industrial automation device, cause the processing circuitry to:

• receive a software container from a container orchestration system configured to deploy one or more container images representative of one or more software containers to one or more container nodes communicatively coupled to the container orchestration system based on one or more desired machine states of the one or more container nodes;
• execute the software container managed by the container orchestration system, wherein the software container is configured to:
• receive a first set of data from one or more other industrial automation devices communicatively coupled to the first industrial automation device, wherein the first set of data is communicated via an operational technology (OT) network;
• generate a second set of data from analyzing the first set of data;
• send the second set of data to a second industrial automation device communicatively coupled to the first industrial automation device wherein the second industrial automation device is configured to send the second set of data to a cloud computing system configured to communicate via an informational technology (IT) network, and wherein the cloud computing system is configured to:
• determine, based on the second set of data, one or more modified operations of one or more components of the first industrial automation device, the second industrial automation device, or both;
• and
• send one or more commands to the second industrial automation device, the first industrial automation device via the second industrial automation device, or both, wherein the one or more commands are routed to the first industrial automation device via the second industrial automation device using the OT network, and wherein the one or more commands are configured to cause the one or more components to modify the one or more operations.

An industrial automation system comprising:

• one or more first industrial automation devices;
• an edge device communicatively coupled to the one or more first industrial automation devices via an operational technology (OT) network;
• and
• a second industrial automation device communicatively coupled to the one or more first industrial automation devices and the edge device via the OT network, wherein the second industrial automation device comprises:
• processing circuitry;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:
• receive a first instance of a software container from a container orchestration system configured to deploy one or more container images representative of one or more software containers to one or more container nodes communicatively coupled to the container orchestration system based on one or more desired machine states of the one or more container nodes;
• execute the first instance of the software container managed by the container orchestration system, wherein the first instance of the software container is configured to:
• receive a first set of data from the one or more first industrial automation devices, wherein the first set of data is communicated via the OT network;
• generate a second set of data from analyzing the first set of data;
• send the second set of data to the edge device, wherein the edge device is configured to send the second set of data to a cloud computing system configured to communicate via an informational technology (IT) network, and wherein the cloud computing system is configured to:
• determine, based on the second set of data, one or more modified operations of one or more components of the one or more first industrial automation devices, the second industrial automation device, or both;
• and
• send one or more commands to the second industrial automation device, the one or more first industrial automation devices via the second industrial automation device, or both, wherein the one or more commands are routed to the one or more first industrial automation devices via the second industrial automation device using the OT network, and wherein the one or more commands are configured to cause the one or more components to modify the one or more operations.