Siemens Industrial Copilot for TIA Portal

2024-04-22 · Publisher : Siemens · Domain : Industry 4.0 & 5.0

At Hannover Messe 2024, Siemens connects its Industrial Copilot to TIA Portal: the generative AI assistant writes SCL code for PLCs, drafts HMI screens and searches documentation in natural language.

What changes

  • The assistant generates SCL code for programmable logic controllers directly in TIA Portal.
  • It drafts basic HMI visualizations and answers questions on documentation.
  • Siemens presents it as the first generative AI product for industrial engineering.
  • By October 2024, more than 100 companies use it, including Schaeffler and thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering.

### Background On 22 April 2024, at Hannover Messe, Siemens connects its **Industrial Copilot**, a generative AI assistant built with Microsoft (Azure OpenAI Service), to **TIA Portal**, its automation engineering environment. The automation engineer describes the need in natural language and gets code, rather than writing everything by hand. ### Key facts - Generation of **SCL** (Structured Control Language) code for programmable logic controllers. - Customization of **HMI** visualizations and natural-language document search. - Download announced on the Siemens Xcelerator marketplace from summer 2024. - Siemens calls it "the first generative AI-powered product for engineering in an industrial environment" (vendor wording). - On 24 October 2024, Siemens reports more than 100 customer companies in Europe and the US; thyssenkrupp Automation Engineering plans a global rollout from early 2025. ### Why it matters For automation engineering offices, this is the first integration of an LLM inside the PLC programmer's daily tool rather than in a side chat. The targeted work (repetitive code, standard screens) is what consumes most hours of scarce engineers. Reviewing and validating generated code becomes a method question for teams. ### Takeaway Starting point of the Siemens trajectory: copilot in 2024, agents in 2025, autonomous engineering agent (Eigen) in 2026.

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Tags : IA générative, Automatisation logicielle, Siemens, Hannover Messe, Microsoft