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Field notes, product thinking, and perspective from the AXI team on putting AI-enabled automation to work in the industries we serve.

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Automate 2026 in Chicago

Based on my experience, I can honestly tell you that industrial automation has taken a giant leap in the past 12 months, and we've entered a new era of technological innovation. Over my career, I've experienced two tectonic technology shifts that transformed every company and industry: 1) Mobile (3G, 4G, 5G, and the first iPhone) and 2) the Internet (remember AOL, Yahoo, and MySpace). And now, AI, including machine learning, LLMs, vision, and physical robotics, is reshaping industries in the same way — arguably more dramatically....

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Process Discovery vs Process Mapping

Written by Chief Automation Officer, George K. Mehok The most common question we receive from operations managers and IT leaders is, “I know there are opportunities to automate, but how do I know where to begin?” We recommend starting with the processes, and job junctions that you know are inefficient. For example, manual data entry

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Digitizing the DNA of your organization with digital twin technology

Advanced process mapping techniques to elevate operational performance Written by Chief Automation Officer, George K. Mehok For the past two decades, industry leaders in manufacturing, aerospace, and energy infrastructure have shifted their engineering functions away from the physical world into a virtual one, developing breakthrough innovations using digital twin technology to design, build and test

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