Siemens and Microsoft to work together on AI project (updated)

Schaeffler AG

31/10/2023 07:39

(Adds detail, CEO comment)
       ZURICH, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Siemens  SIEGn.DE  and
Microsoft  MSFT.O  on Tuesday announced a joint project to use
artificial intelligence to increase productivity and
human-machine collaboration.
    The Siemens Industrial Copilot scheme will see the two
companies work together to use generative AI for the
manufacturing, transportation and healthcare industries.
    German automotive supplier Schaeffler AG  SHA_p.DE  is among
the companies to have adopted the Siemens Industrial Copilot,
Siemens said.
    No cash amounts related to the partnership, which will also
supply Siemens itself, were disclosed.
    The project will create AI copilots to assist staff at
customer companies as they design new products, and organise
production and maintenance.
        It examines information gathered by Siemens and helps
customers quickly create, improve and debug complex automation
codes and shorten simulation times at their factories and other
facilities.
  
        Schaeffler has been using generative AI to help its
engineers programme industrial automation systems like robots.
It intends to use the Siemens Industrial Copilot to reduce
production downtimes at its plants.
  
        Tasks that previously took weeks to complete could now
be completed in a matter of minutes, Siemens said.
  
        "This has the  potential to revolutionize the way
companies design, develop, manufacture, and  operate," said
Siemens Chief Executive Roland Busch. 
  
        "Making human-machine collaboration more widely
available allows  engineers to accelerate code development,
increase innovation and tackle skilled labour shortages."
  

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