Litmus introduces an edge-to-cloud connector for Azure IoT Operations to automate device onboarding and enable structured industrial data integration.

Belden demonstrates a concept 5G industrial switch at Hannover Messe, highlighting the potential of private 5G to enable real-time industrial Ethernet communication on the factory floor.

Trace One introduces three AI assistants within its Devex PLM platform to support regulatory compliance, product development, and supplier onboarding.

Google’s Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 advances embodied AI with improved spatial reasoning, multi-view perception, and task-level success detection for industrial robotics.

Siemens, NVIDIA, and Humanoid demonstrate early industrial deployment of humanoid robots, signaling progress in physical AI for factory operations.

Project Glasswing highlights how AI-driven vulnerability discovery could compress threat timelines and increase risk for industrial and OT environments.

A joint ISHG perspective highlights that secure industrial communication depends on deployment practices and operational context, not just protocol design.

Schneider Electric and Microsoft expand their collaboration with new agentic manufacturing capabilities that integrate AI-driven engineering and operations.

Software-defined automation is enabling more flexible, open, and resilient industrial control systems by decoupling software from hardware and supporting IT-OT convergence.

RAPID + TCT 2026 highlighted the shift of additive manufacturing from prototyping to scalable, integrated industrial production.