AI Agents in Industrial Automation: Unlocking the Next Era of American Manufacturing

For decades, industrial automation has been one of the most technically advanced yet structurally stagnant industries in the world. Factories run on systems that are extraordinarily reliable, highly deterministic, and often decades old. PLCs, SCADA platforms, industrial networks, and safety systems form the backbone of modern manufacturing, logistics, energy, and critical infrastructure. Yet despite how advanced these systems are in function, the software ecosystem around them remains deeply fr...