Artificial intelligence (AI) is a very successful method of automating processes, as it imitates the cognitive abilities of humans. There are many different ways to imitate these skills, with the most successful approach in recent years being machine learning (ML), which is based on processing large sample data sets. The basic idea of machine learning is to learn solutions for specific tasks using representative example data. As a specialist in PC-based control, Beckhoff integrates this technology into the TwinCAT 3 control software, recognizing that a successful method for automating processes has to be understood as an integral part of a machine’s control behavior. This is why Beckhoff provides a modular range of hardware and software to integrate AI models directly into the PLC. Read more
