US 12,596,915 B2Granted

Generative AI for industrial automation control design environment

AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

InventorsAnthony Carrara, Rahul P. Patel, Michael J. Ohlsen, Ashish Anand, Matthew T. Masarik, Adam J. Gregory, Kurt E. Mathson, Justin Wengatz, Daniel T. Richter, Omar A. Bahader, Lorenzo Majewski, Elie Nader, Fabiano Fernandes, Srdjan Josipovic

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Abstract

An integrated development environment (IDE) for designing, programming, and configuring aspects of an industrial automation system uses a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model and associated neural networks to generate portions of an industrial automation project in accordance with functional requirements provided to the industrial IDE system in intuitive formats, such as spoken or written plain language text. The system uses generative AI to translate plain language requests or functional specifications into industrial control code, human-machine interface (HMI) applications, device configuration settings, or other aspects of an industrial control project.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a memory that stores executable components and a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model that has been trained using training data comprising at least one of industrial control code samples, industrial standards data, or industrial protocol data;
and
a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising:
a user interface component configured to render a chat interface configured to receive industrial design input data as plain language input data;
a generative AI component configured to
infer functional requirements of a control system for an industrial automation system based on generative AI analysis of the industrial design input data using the generative AI model, and
determine, based on the generative AI analysis, at least one of a type of industrial control application implemented by the industrial automation system or an industrial vertical of the industrial automation system;
and
a project generation component configured to generate, based on the generative AI analysis, industrial control code designed to satisfy the functional requirements,
wherein
the generative AI component generates the industrial control code to conform to one or more industrial safety standards or control programming standards determined to be applicable to the type of industrial control application or the industrial vertical, and
the generative AI component is further configured to render, via the chat interface, a plain language prompt for additional information required to infer the functional requirements.

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A method, comprising:

training, by an industrial integrated development environment (IDE) system comprising a processor, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model using training data comprising at least one of industrial control code samples, industrial standards data, or industrial protocol data;
receiving, via a chat interface of the industrial IDE system, industrial design input data formatted as a plain language input;
inferring, by the industrial IDE system, functional requirements of a control system for an industrial automation system based on generative artificial AI analysis of the industrial design input data using the generative AI model, wherein the inferring comprises:
rendering, via the chat interface, a plain language prompt for additional information required to infer the functional requirements, and
inferring the functional requirements based on the additional information received via the chat interface;
determining, by the industrial IDE system based on the generative AI analysis, at least one of a type of industrial control application implemented by the industrial automation system or an industrial vertical of the industrial automation system;
and
generating, by the industrial IDE system, industrial control code designed to satisfy the functional requirements, wherein the generating comprises generating the industrial control code to conform to one or more industrial safety standards or control programming standards determined to be applicable to the type of industrial control application or the industrial vertical.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause an industrial integrated development environment (IDE) system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving industrial design input data formatted as a plain language input;
inferring functional requirements of a control system for an industrial automation system based on generative artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of the industrial design input data using a generative AI model, wherein the generative AI model is trained using training data comprising at least one of industrial control code samples, industrial standards data, or industrial protocol data, and the inferring comprises:
rendering a plain language prompt for additional information required to infer the functional requirements, and
inferring the functional requirements based on the additional information received in response to the plain language prompt;
determining, based on the generative AI analysis, at least one of a type of industrial control application implemented by the industrial automation system or an industrial vertical of the industrial automation system;
and
generating industrial control code designed to satisfy the functional requirements, wherein the generating comprises generating the industrial control code to conform to one or more industrial safety standards or control programming standards determined to be applicable to the type of industrial control application or the industrial vertical.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/459,822Filed 1 Sep 2023
Published: US 2025/0077847 A16 Mar 2025
Granted: 7 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06N 3/0475
Architecture, e.g. interconnection topology: generative networks
G05B 19/409
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…
G05B 2219/36133
Nc in input of data, input key till input tape: mMI, HMI: man machine interface, communication
G06N
AI and machine learning